31 Quotes by Greg Walker

We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.

Somebody has to be mainstream, to give something for those fans to rebel against.

Right field is important, but what we're looking for is common sense. Swing at the ball in the strike zone. His tendency is to be overly aggressive. We think we can throttle him back.

He never stopped working. He kept working and working and never gave up. That's the kind of guy he is.

When he was young he threw so hard you had no chance. And when he first broke in, he didn't have that split-fingered pitch. This guy is still a power pitcher.

When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.

He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now.

I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.

My opinion is the state should be investing more money in small business. It's better to have 10 companies with 10 jobs each than one company with 100 employees.