Michael Young Quotations

We know we're responsible for a lot our team's offense, and that's something that we take seriously. We take a lot of pride in being productive and helping the team win.

We have to get better. It comes down to every guy looking at themselves and seeing how we can get better, from veterans to rookies. There are no excuses. We have to find a way to get it done.

There are no controls on (legislative spending). One of the problems is accountability. There is not enough information about what they are spending money on, and how much they are spending.

One reason I am looking forward to playing is because of the misconception that the United States is going to take this as an exhibition rather than a competitive tournament, and that could not be further from the truth. If I wanted to just relax I would stay in Spring Training, play my four innings and then go play a round of golf. I want to win this thing.

Obviously, we're interested in getting the highest ratings we can - that's a primary goal along with making sure our advertisers are successful. But we didn't make these changes because of the shows on the air. We made the changes because of the shows we want to put on the air.

No one had ever labeled the components to follow them over time, to see one clock as it ticks away in a single cell. All the biochemistry and molecular biology that had been done on this had been piecing together information from dead flies.

Personally I think it's better to play in the day than at night. Instead of waiting around all day for the game to start all we have to do is wake up, eat a good meal and then play football.

On the 19th, we had a 4 1/2 day supply. And this morning, we have a two-day supply.

I am still conducting an investigation, ... We are continuing our investigation.

I find that a lot of (scouting reports) are very stereotypical,

If internal executives are deliberately misrepresenting internally, and then externally the company's position, and if it's material and causes harm to investors, well that satisfies a lot of the criteria for fraud.

I feel for him. He's a great friend and teammate. Knowing him, he's going to come out of it. Just relax, don't think and just cut it loose. It happens to everybody. I was telling him a few years ago we got to Mariano Rivera a couple of nights in a row and they were booing him in Yankee Stadium. It happens to the best.

I expect to play a little bit of both. Initially they told me that I would get my playing time at second base, but then Jimmy Rollins dropped out so I'm the only guy on the roster who can play both. I don't care where I play; I just want to be able to help the team as much as possible.

If the guy ahead of me is hitting with two outs, I'm really hoping he finds a way to get on base because I want to hit in those situations. I approach it the same way, maybe mentally lock it in a notch higher, but those are the at-bats I really want to cash in on.

I always thought I was going to be able to do some good things in this game, and I really feel like my best days are ahead of me. I know what to expect out of the league and out of myself.

He worked both sides of the plate and spotted his fastball well. We had some aggressive cuts against him, but he did a good job and kept us off balance. He is always tough and is very competitive.

We just have to be better defensively, me included. We've slipped the last few weeks, and we don't want to waste a good start by not playing better in the field.

He's a great guy and a great player. I loved playing with him. He's a very competitive guy who did a great job handling the pitching staff. He was really swinging the bat well and I think he'll do a great job with the Cubs and have a great year.

He's having an incredible season. He's talented and driven and the exciting thing is the best is yet to come.

Hitting is such a subjective thing. You have to find out what works for you. Those are big situations. You're not always going to come through but mentally you have to lock it in.

He was really locating his pitches well. He was on his game, good stuff.

He did his usual thing and kept us off balance. We got a couple of hits here and there, but we didn't really square much of anything up. He did a good job. It was typical Barry.

He'll be fine. Anybody can get hit from time to time; I don't care if you're an ace or an All-Star closer. He'll make the adjustments.

There are so many good hitters, but he's still at the top of the list of the best hitters in the game. We're two different hitters. He's left-handed, I'm right-handed. I try to drive the ball a little more, he relies on speed a little more. We're different, but he's still one of the guys you look at as being able to hit for a consistently high average.

Kevin will be fine. He's going to have a big year. He's a good hitter. It's just a matter of getting him hot, and sometimes it takes a little longer than you'd like.

I think it's a good thing. I never used a single one before, and it will be good to know that we're all playing on a level field.

I think there is a horrible stereotype that suggests that minorities are lacking in terms of their knowledge of the fundamentals of baseball.

Opening Day is a fun day. The last thing you want to do is spoil it with a loss. You want to cap it with a win and send everybody home happy. But it doesn't change the fact that we have a good team and we're going to have a great season.

Our call was based on the next six to nine months where we think that oil pricing is at the top end of its trading range. And speaking about the production cutbacks that you alluded to, we are concerned that the OPEC nations will start to overproduce once again going forward over the next several months because of how high oil prices currently are, ... And we have a hard time seeing how investors are going to make money going forward from these current levels.

Rights groups think the commission is too tame. On the other side, people think the commission should be a good child and be seen but not heard. They think effective diplomacy is quiet diplomacy.

Roger's experience in new business development and strategic partnerships will help 3S grow its business both domestically and internationally. His drive and enthusiasm coupled with a strong technical background make him a great addition to our existing senior staff. We are pleased to welcome Roger to our team.

People not only are surprised by how good healthy food can taste but they get so much out of Jennifer's talks. She truly cares about people, and that message gets across.

My visit there, I had a blast, and they were the best coaches I dealt with the whole process. I seemed to relate to them real well.

My wife yells at me every time I step on the seal. That is reason enough to walk around it.

I think Rodney has been disingenuous about his party all along.

I think he's doing all he can possibly do, probably.

It hasn't really hit me yet. But I know it's something I can carry with me the rest of my life.

That was a great thing about playing for that team, everybody has something to offer as far as what they've done to be successful in their careers. I was able to take a little bit from everybody and what they had to offer.

That's the only way to look at it. If you don't feel strongly about it, then you really don't believe it. There is a lot of talent in this clubhouse, now it's a matter of going out on the field and letting it loose.

Mostly we just sat on the bench. But we got to see great, close games and we got to experience it.

We hope that we will be able to hit the goal of 847 on Thursday.

We don't expect him to go eight innings every night. But if he keeps us in games as the No. 5 starter that's going to be big.

We have a good group of offensive players and talented guys, so it's just a matter of us getting on the right track. Hitting is contagious. Anyone will tell you that, so it's just a matter of everyone getting on the same page, and then we should be able to turn it up a notch at that point.

We have to make an effort to loosen up a little bit, because it's easy to tighten up when you get off to a rough start. We need to make an effort to just go out there and have fun, be ourselves and go out and play a game.

With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important for him to go out and get a feel for these guys. Obviously we don't expect anybody to hit .450, but the best thing you can do is keep running him out there and letting him have good at-bats.

Typically, right after the first of the year usually gets pretty bad, and we're seeing the first signs of that.

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We're not expecting him to be Roger Clemens. The stuff has always been there. It's just a matter of consistency and we're starting to see that now.

Yeah. If one time a year is regularly.

We're tired of being a young team with upside. We believe our time is here.

The players love it because you can measure yourself against other top prospects,

We want to win. The last thing we want to do every August is think about next year. ... We want to win right now.

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There is a lot of talent in this clubhouse.

This was a big lift for us. Our starting pitching has done a great job for us. The offense has gotten off to a slow start but once we start clicking offensively, this could be a lot of fun.

You had to make sure that you came to work with clothes that were appropriate to the weather.

Besides that, the weather is great, the travel is a piece of cake, you can focus entirely on baseball and the facilities are first-class because games are played at Spring Training stadiums. I had a blast. Whoever thought of the AFL, it was a great idea.

Beau and Daniel did a good job stepping in.

As soon as it was announced, I told my agent to call Team USA and tell them I wanted to be in the WBC.

Don't get me wrong, there was bad stuff going on in the streets, but the police is dirty.

There's no doubt about it, we need to go on a run, ... We need to put ourselves in position to capitalize if some clubs in front of us tail off.

The timing is highly favorable for third-party candidates. If you look at the state and local level, there are clearly recurring cycles ... characterized by the very kinds of conditions we have right now - voter anger, perceived failures in the political system.

I've never seen anything like this, this is unbelievable. Anytime a player gets on a streak like this you're surprised. But Kevin is definitely capable of doing this. He's going to have a huge year.

It was a huge shock. I didn't see it coming. I'm absolutely shocked that one of our better players and a perfect teammate was traded before Opening Day. That's part of being in the big leagues. You just move on and be ready for tomorrow.

These cuts point to how badly impaired the profitability of the oil industry has been in the last year. It also show what an enormous cash flow pressure these companies are under.

The tempo is off a little bit in this later summer period, ... Someone made a comment this afternoon in the office, 'Gee whiz, the phones are quiet!'

The Syrians played a central role in creating the deadlock from which their Lebanese allies have benefited. That doesn't mean their allies are in a position to return to where they were a year ago, but they still have influence.

People throw that label around without even seeing the player play. It's unfortunate, because nothing good can come of it. I think everybody should be judged on an individual basis.

Often such reports end up on shelves, gathering dust. But Gov. Rendell held it up and referred to it as his blueprint for Pennsylvania. It was a flawed study being used for decision-making.

The mood in Beirut is that this is just a first step, and one that is mainly directed against the Syrians. You bring in people like this for a reason. The point I think is to give them a big slap and say the winds have changed and you had better start talking.

Anybody that can come back after a whole year off and get respect is a great player in my opinion, ... he works hard and makes everybody around him better.

At some point, ... affordability becomes a negative factor on demand.

You've had a period of aggressive Fed easing and the oils are not an early cycle group and we think they'll give back some of their gains.

This is as excited as I've ever been. This is my sixth year on the team and I have never felt such great vibrations from the players, organization and the fans. We have way too much talent as players to let this go to waste.

This is what our country is all about. Everybody is proud of their American citizenship and they want to do the best they can to represent that.

All my linemen were blocking right, they did their job. I'm just really proud (of them).

It's just a huge lift to see him walking around doing great. We can't wait to get him back here, but knowing he's getting healthy day by day is the biggest thing.

It was the most miserable part of any time I've been here.

It's about as close to our goal of 1,500 as we could get. We consider it a huge success.

It is still spring, but mentally, we're there already. We've already come together as a team, and that's what's important.

I told him he should give half of the Gold Glove to me for all the balls I threw in the dirt that he had to scoop up and made him look good. There's a lot of great first basemen in our league, but no one like Tex.

It really wasn't that big of a deal. Granted, I want to get hits every game but not to keep a streak alive. I want to help us win.

It means I've stayed healthy, ... That's always my number one goal heading into a season. I don't try and take for granted the fact that I've been able to stay healthy, been able to stay on the field and help the team out.

It means a lot to have the support of your teammates and coaches, and the feeling is definitely mutual, ... I love the guys I play with. We play hard together and we play to win. Obviously, we haven't had the year we've wanted, but that isn't going to change our effort level. With the kind of support they are giving me, I'll return that to them every day.

It sounds just like the sumo drumming I heard on ESPN last night.

It's something I can look back on and be proud. I never try to go up and do too much. I try to have a consistent approach and a consistent plan of attack.

It was miserable. I made no secret about that. We have too many good players on this team to accept that. ... I want to be part of a winner. I want to win championships.

I've faced Barry a lot and he's had a lot of success against us. There's no reason to figure it out; just step back and keep looking for good pitches. Finishing strong showed why he's one of the best.

It's virtually impossible to get a signal out of there with the surrounding terrain if you don't have a direct, line-of-sight satellite path. And there is no other site along the river we can get a signal out where there's equally compelling video.

It will become validated if it produces revenue and is part of a larger solution on property taxes, which most people want. But there are a large number of people in this state who are opposed to slots.

They basically gave me an offer I could not refuse. It would have been very difficult to walk away from.

They inoculated themselves against the worst part of it. Legislators around the state are huffing and puffing, trying to keep up with their constituencies and trying to do damage control. The Bucks delegation looks pretty smart.

It was her inner beauty that first attracted me. She is just a warm, caring person who has so much to give.

It was a fairly challenging match for both teams. We missed a lot of chances, but the team is young and were not composed so they lost.

There was an initial run up of several dollars per barrel in crude last week. It's given up nearly all those gains.

I want to take some deep breaths, get a pitch I can handle, put the barrel of the bat on it and hopefully find a hole.

It's never happened before (in Pennsylvania), to my knowledge. It raises questions about his preparedness for office.

The minute I found out about this tournament, I asked my agent to find out what I needed to do to get in. My excitement hasn't changed.

The fear of God is going to be gone.

I'm not going to downplay something so significant; it would mean a lot. But, at the same time, it's not what I'm playing for. I'm playing for us to get as many wins as possible.