Michael Barrett Quotations

Where I hit in the lineup shouldn't dictate my performance. It has no correlation. I just have to get good pitches to hit.

We're going to need a miracle now to stay in this thing. I believe in those, but it's definitely frustrating realizing how good of a team we have and how we've fallen short.

Whenever we lose, he thinks he's going to have cardiac arrest.

We were hoping to force turnovers and get some easy baskets, which we did.

When things like that happen, it sort of brings everybody down. If it doesn't work out for one teammate, everybody sort of feels the same way. ... We just didn't do what we needed to do to win last year.

Last year, we saw him have a couple starts like that, and I don't know how to explain it. I know he has good stuff and that he's a competitor, and he's one of those guys who, when he's pitching, everybody wants to help play and win. Sometimes things don't add up.

Let's be truthful: The way the game has gone, it hasn't helped him. You can say what you want, but the guy has put up some incredible numbers, and he did a lot for this organization, and I enjoyed playing with him. That '98 season is a year that will never be forgotten, regardless of how you want to look at it.

She defends the ball as well as anybody in the league. That's our strength, her quickness. We feed off of her.

One would think they would abide by their own policy.

Next year is not about what you've done in the past,

I did not want a bill that dealt with ideology in any way.

I believe that when the guys come back, they will come back to maintain our position and not have the pressure of pushing for your position. That's a lot of pressure for guys coming off (injuries).

I have always favored a mix. I don't believe in segregating music into categories. I think that exercise tends to be very arbitrary. I like to quote the jazz great Louis Armstrong on the subject: 'There are only two types of music, good and bad. I play good music.' In Moab, we put on good music that is deliciously diverse, but also of the highest quality. Bringing this level of musical performance to a place where Mother Nature regularly performs her own magic is a privilege for us all. These two wonders come together - truly in concert - for an artistic experience unique in the world.

I feel for him. He's had a great career and unfortunately with the way the game has gone, let's be truthful, it hasn't helped him in any regard. I feel for him in that way, too.

For me, the best thing was being around Michael Young more than anybody. I got a chance to hit in his group and study the way he hits. I don't know how it will translate the rest of the season, but from that point on when I was hitting with him, I took that approach to keep everything crisp and clean and sharp, and things started working a little bit. Who knows, I might have found something. I'm going to keep riding it out as long as it works.

I encourage him to shake me off. That's how I'll learn his game, learn his style. I tell him it's more about the conviction of his pitches than the selection. If I have an issue, I'll go out and talk to him. We've had some discussions on the mound and he's been as cool as a cucumber out there. I can't say enough about his composure. I think that's carried him to this point.

I got a chance to study the way he hits. I don't know how it's going to translate into the rest of the season. Who knows, I might have found something. I'm going to keep riding it out as long as it works.

He had a tremendous career. He gave a lot to this organization and the organization gave a lot to him.

He did a great job of settling down.

He'll work out every day this offseason and if he goes, I think winter ball will be easy to do,

He may be one of those guys who we have to see a few times before we get used to him. A lot of guys, you don't see them using their breaking balls this early and he uses more breaking balls than anything else, and they're good breaking balls. It kept us off balance.

To end up here is a testament to the girls. Their effort is second to none.

Here's this guy pitching so well, and he's already in mid-season form, and there's a good chance we're probably going to face him, so I'm trying to take some notes. It's going to take everything he has not to hit me.

He's just got stellar composure and he's a cool, cool guy all around. On and off the field, he's just a mellow guy.

There are no plans to do any of this, but we're monitoring the situation closely.

He just had a tough time getting pitches where he wanted them and too many walks. It's really tough to spot-start. He's in a tough role right now and was coming off a great game. He's had trouble locating his stuff.

He is the blessed seed of the Messiah. He wouldn't be seen as divine as Haile Selassie, but as being of his family tree. The royal family is held in high esteem.

I think it?s going to be a lot more like home. I think players are going to end up spending a lot more time here.

It got things off to a bad start that inning. You make that play and it's a totally different inning. That's the life of a pitcher. You have to get through that and pitch through that.

I still think people have a tough time visualizing me as a catcher. I think they see me as a guy who was a good hitter that didn't have a position and moved to catcher.

We're all tradable, and if there is a deal on the table that might make us win, anything can happen.

We're currently investigating but there is no indication to that effect (that it was an attack). This is an underground pipeline.

We are thrilled to have Alvin join the AOL Media Networks team. We feel confident that through his tremendous experience, Alvin will prove invaluable as AOL Media Networks works toward tapping the full potential of the African-American market.

We have a lot to prove early, and we have a lot of work to do early. To get to where we need to go, we can't afford a slow start.

We need them to produce. We don't need them to just survive, we need them to thrive to win.

We are hoping to get in there today, but that's the issue - getting there.

This string sextet by Schoenberg is based on a Viennese poem in which a women walks with her lover under the moon and confesses that she is pregnant by another man. The man tells his love he will stay with her no matter what and raise the child. The arc of the piece moves from abject sorrow and guilt to joy and underscores the transformative power of love and commitment.

When the e-mail was down after that power outage, it was awful because I had three classes for which I had to do online assignments. I was literally sitting there for hours waiting, checking every 15 minutes to see if it was working.

Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs. I know from my buddy back home. He's 42 and he's been a Cubs fan all his life. He feels like he's going to have a coronary attack every time we lose. Cubs fans love this team. They're not front-runners. And now that the White Sox have won the World Series, the quest to win a championship is on the tip of (Cubs fans') brains.

Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for years.

Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for all these years. Cubs fans love this team. ... Now with the White Sox having won the World Series, their quest for this team to win the championship is on the tip of their brain.

We all feel responsible that he didn't get his 15 wins. I don't believe that it's as much a reflection on the way he's pitched as it is a reflection on the way the whole year has gone for us.

What can I say? I go up to hit there and I still can't believe that I'm in this situation. Bases loaded, Cubs-Cardinals, Wrigley Field. I can't believe it.

We hypothesized that cardiac auscultation is more of a technical skill and thus could be mastered through the use of intensive repetition.

This one should be lots of fun, ... especially hosted by Paul Woodiel, a man with an inquisitive musical spirit. Paul is a classical and theatrical performer and an expert in ancient and traditional fiddle music. Every year, Paul and I tackle another idea, after which Paul finds the musicians and tells the story to his eager audience.

Vintage Maddux. He's hitting his spots well. When he struck out Tony Womack, it was as hard a fastball as I've seen him throw in my time here. He just looks like he's in great shape. And we need him to be that way.

We are very excited to have Matt joining our staff. His expertise in working with goaltenders, and his experience as a head coach who did his own video breakdown made him the perfect match for what we were looking for. He did a great job recruiting at Neumann, and we will be counting on him working closely with recruiting coordinator Lisa Giovanelli to continue to grow the Bobcat program.

Even right now, I'm still a little light-headed, but overall I feel a lot better than I thought I was going to feel,

I still can't believe it. What an awesome weekend. I don't know what's going on.

It was vintage Maddux. He was sharp early and he moved the ball around.

It was vintage Maddux. He's been able to locate the ball really well early in the count. He's getting the ball down and away. Late in the count, he's keeping guys off balance by mixing his pitches. You can't say much more than vintage Maddux. He did today what he's been doing the last couple starts -- not trying to do too much.

The tent is at the foot of the Fisher Towers, spires of skinny red rock set in a wilderness a quarter of a mile from the river. Intermission is at sunset, a show unto itself.

Sometimes when you try like that, things tend to go both ways. Sometimes you're really good and sometimes you're really bad.

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

The offseason is the 'on' season, ... I try to create an atmosphere that's tough. When the season starts, you're thankful.

Some people, like myself, consider life beginning at conception. For me, besides my education, my morals and ethics are the most important assets I bring to my job.

That tells you this is a good, reasonable bill.

That's just God saying, 'You'd better stay humble; I'll find you.

You're taught to run at him every time. I panicked and threw the ball. I looked up and saw Rollins breaking and I threw the ball.

This is an issue that is gaining momentum across the country.

This is not the way we wanted to finish the stand.

They sort of pit us against the active duty force.

They gave him an error on that? That was a tough play. The ball was going away from him. How we were able to get three runs in that inning was hard to understand for us. But I don't think he was rattled after that play. When you're a closer, you've probably seen worse things that that.

There's 180 houses in our development, and it found ours.

At halftime, I told her to forget the fouls and just go out and play.

It's a tough bite to chew. The expectations on us to win and getting upset is a credit to their style of play and their pitching. We put everything we had into this in such a short time, and didn't get it done.

It's a little uncharacteristic for Glendon today. The stuff was there but a little inconsistent.

It looks like a whole new ballpark to me. It looks different, a little awkward right now.

It's going to be a tremendous honor. He's in too good of shape for this to be his last start, but I could be wrong and he won't pitch another game. But it isn't because he can't pitch.

Darius has a high, gorgeous voice. He's also handsome and young. With that all going on, one day Darius will be a big star. When the idea of an evening dedicated to Stevie Wonder was first proposed, however, my reaction was skeptical at best. But then Darius performed the program at New York's Lincoln Center and got raves. Typically, we seek out and develop unique programs, nothing that anyone has ever heard before, so the Steve Wonder program is unusual for Moab. Had it been performed more than once, we probably would not have considered it.

That's really what I'm more nervous about, because I'll see a lot more pitches catching than I will hitting. Hopefully, it won't affect us too much.

That is surprising. He's all about efficiency. But he's talked about how he's had to throw more pitches as he gets older, and that's part of it, too. Either way, the guy is 5-0, and you can't dispute that.

It'll be interesting to see how everything plays out. It's not going to be easy, but we'll see what happens. It's going to be a fight. I have faith in my team.

It's important to know when to order a costly echocardiogram or stress test. Managed care will not continue to tolerate this scattershot approach. Plus, internists are now tested on this skill for board recertification. Requirements for residents and other specialists are sure to follow.

It was a pleasant experience; they make you feel comfortable. I'm healthy, so why not try to help other people out that need it.

It wasn't a matter of us playing at home or away. We just didn't do the job, period.

It was a frustrating day for me personally. I didn't get the ball to second base like I wanted to. It was partly my job to stop the running game, and I didn't have any success doing that. Maybe there's something I'm tipping off in my setup to keep him from running all over the place.

I imagine it's frustrating when you get to this point in your career and you can't get a guaranteed contract. I can't imagine what that would be like for him and I feel for him, I really do.

I'm just a baseball player; I'm not a math major. I'm still not real clear on it. In the event of a three-way tie, it comes down to runs scored, I believe.

In 1994, I had an opportunity to play in the Olympic Games and I turned that down to play professional. I never dreamed I'd have a chance to put on a USA jersey, and now I get a chance to do that. I can't think of a better opportunity to play for your country. I think this is the real deal.

I'm hoping for us, once we don the USA uniforms and everyone sees us on the big screens, they'll have a change of heart and focus on us.

I like the way that they've come together as a team. You watch them, and it's like they're all playing on the same level ? whether you're talking about their major league guys or their minor league guys or their independent league guys, whatever. They look like a team.

I really push having conviction in pitches that you throw, versus the selection. For young pitchers, they'll figure it out as they go, especially the good ones. Over years of learning, I can't keep giving them information. They have to learn to process it themselves. Some guys learn faster than others, and some guys don't learn at all. Things can get confused if I try to do too much.

He's someone I lean on and go to when I need help,

I couldn't get the ball to second base like I wanted to. It's partly my job to stop the running game. Maybe I'm tipping off something in my setup. I have to keep them from flying all over the place.

I don't think the baseball was ever changed. It's hard for me to believe they could change the baseball to increase home runs.

He's not able to return as a patrol officer, because he still has weakness. He wouldn't be able to run after and apprehend a suspect.

I couldn't believe it was going to be a close play, and all of sudden he (catcher Johnny Estrada) had the ball before I even started sliding. It was a great play on their part.