Roger Clemens Quotes

You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.

You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a hit or not really doesn't affect the way you continue to approach that lineup, especially with a five-run lead.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.

I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.

Anytime you give up two special-teams touchdowns, I can't imagine the numbers are too good in regards to winning that game.

If we win 1-0, I don't care if the goalkeeper scores.

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.

I may not drive in 100 runs a year, but I can prevent 100 runs from scoring against us.

I think in most sports sometimes you need a little luck for the ball or calls to roll your way.

I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.

Just got to win games. You've just got to find ways to win games.

You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the nine hole, if you can put together an at-bat or you can see some different pitches that helps give you an advantage competitively, it can make your lineup stronger.

If you look at the difference games between the bigger and smaller teams, the difference in concentration, and being passive is big; that is my opinion.

My mentality when guarding a point guard was always to try and disrupt him and take them out of the offense.

Any time you can get the ball back to the offense and they put points on the board, you can win games.

When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.

We've got to have that mindset that we've got to close out games and go up by more than two scores to really shut out the opponent and just take away all their confidence.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

If you are just constantly doing the same thing, good batters can adjust.

Many things are necessary if you want to win games.