20 Quotes by John Mabry

We want everyone to be aware of the breadth of research pertaining to the pork industry being done here at Iowa State. Faculty from the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Human Sciences and Veterinary Medicine are involved in doing research, and they work with our Extension folks on getting those results out to clients who need and want that information.

I lost the ball in the sun. That was the thing. It was going to be a bang-bang play, and I was going to get there at the same time as the ball. I tried to create an angle by sliding, and it still didn't come out for me. Two runs scored and we lose.

I lost the ball in the sun. Nobody feels worse about it than me. I tried to slide to create an angle, and I still didn't get it out of the sun.

Last year, it was like a machine. It just kept rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling. This year, it's like whoever steps in comes up and does the job. It's a different guy every night. It's not the usual suspects, because most of them are hurt. Somebody goes out there and battles and gets a key hit or makes a big play for us.

We're building up fielding like we're building up our swing. If something goes wrong in a game or something I don't feel comfortable with, the next day I'll work on it. It's a feel thing, it's a timing thing. It's something that makes you comfortable out there. That's what I look for. If it's reaction instead of having to think about it, then I'm where I need to be.

This won't be so much an accomplishment for our team as it is an accomplishment for the entire organization. This team hasn't relied on two or three guys. It's been everybody. When guys went down, others stepped up. No one here has just been along for the ride.

When you have a great closer on the mound in the ninth inning, the game is 99.9% over. So anything you can get against a guy like that is a huge plus.

We hit pretty good. He came back because the throw came up. I didn't have anywhere to go. We did hit.

Young guys, if they're smart about it, they will kind of keep their eyes open,