Earl Weaver Quotes

I just wanted to keep the game close until we scored some runs.

When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.

I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.

You can play just as offensively with one striker as with two.

It comes to the point where, if a midrange shot is there, I'm going to take it. If I'm open, I have to shoot that shot. That's a great shot for the team and myself.

I think the thing with our team is during the postseason, our best games that we've played during the postseason, we strung at-bats together. It's not necessarily going up there trying to hit a home run, but it's trying to put up a good at-bat for the next guy.

When you feel like you're going to have a low-scoring game, why not have one of your better hitters have a chance? All of a sudden you're in the ninth inning and you have one of your best hitters on deck that doesn't get up. I always think about that.

Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.

The attacking philosophy is in the walls of Man United. That's tradition; that's history. That's how we play and want to play.

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.

It's a conscious effort for me to be aggressive and take what the defense gives you.

There are some games where I will look to be more aggressive and score more, and then there are games that I want to be more of a playmaker.

There's a lot of times I'll just play too passive and since I'm not going to play defense as well as most guys can, I can't get away with passive play.

I used to make it deep in poker tournaments without ever moving all-in because other players knew that when I raised it up, I had the goods.

Shoving with K-Q is a tactic that does work well for Internet players and weak players. In the old days, though, grizzled pros would have eaten up those guys by utilizing the traditional, more conservative style of poker that emphasizes play on the flop.

A lot of the better offenses sacrifice defense to be a good offense and I'm not interested in doing that.

There are players out there who want to dominate and keep their opponent sitting down. They want to make centuries and win frames at a single visit, and I like to see that.

That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on.

I've always been a guy that if you can shoot 3s, you need to shoot 3s. It extends the defense, especially when you've got a guy that can play an undersize 5 role.

This is a physical game, and that's how you have to play. When you do that, the defense eventually gets tired of tackling you.

Heaving up a blind pass to maybe pick up 10 yards, rather than throwing the ball away - I can't do that.

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

When you go out there and you try to change things around and avoid a guy or pick your spots to go at a guy, I think you're usually taking away a piece of your offense that you rely on a lot.

I know my background was defense, but I'm not a defensive coach who wants to win 9-7 every week.

Every play, I'm trying to get as many shots on the opposing team as I can, so when you get to the fourth quarter, they obviously don't want to be on the field anymore.