11 Quotes by Matt LaPorta

Personally, I thought it was probably uncalled for, but the umpire thought it was the right thing to do. We couldn't believe he got ejected.

I have been hitting balls hard up in Gainesville, and they haven't been riding. It always seems like it takes me a little bit to get going...hopefully this is a springboard for me.

It doesn't mean anything. That's stuff from the past. That's last year. You don't live in the past. You live in the present. You live in the future. We've got to be No. 1 at the end of the season.

You know it's there. It's on the back burner, but we're not stupid. We know mathematically what it's going to take to get in.

You know, I thought at the beginning of the season that we would have a better club than we're showing right now. This is stuff that a lot of people on the team have never dealt with before, failure. It's tough, and it's something new for a lot of guys.

Vanderbilt might have won Friday but they were not going to have more enthusiasm and intensity than us (Saturday). We were fired up.

It was a little sore after Miami. I knew I would be OK (against FAMU) as long as I didn't swing and miss.

Any win at this point in the season is a momentum builder.

That's just the kind of competitor he is, and I love it. When he goes to the mound we get everything he has. He's always, 'Give me the ball,' even in high school.