11 Quotes by Elliott Avent

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

We've got high expectations this year. We like to think we're going to play for a national championship, but if we're going to play for a national championship, we've got to play better than this.

I wouldn't have guessed that the support for our program would have grown this fast. The efforts of our coaching and support staffs have been incredible.

Miami has been a great program for so many years. It's a club we're very familiar with.

You have to feel good about that offense.

Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's had some great performances, including a no-hitter against Maryland, but today was the best performance I've seen him have -- total control, total command. ... He was outstanding.

Early in the year it's about where you're playing. Late in the year it's about how you're playing.

It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, they knew it too. Maybe we didn't do it all by ourselves.

It's a hard thing to work on. I think its something that you're going to see us get better at as the season goes on.