13 Quotes by Rich Hill

It's great ? it says a lot for the organization. Each one of us has come up through the system. You have to give a lot of credit to the pitching coaches and the hard work they put in with us. It's big for us and just as big for them to see us come up here and be at this level.

It was a great time growing up in the '70s. I was just one of those kids, throwing a tennis ball against the garage door, shooting hoops until my mom yelled at me to come in late at night. I always knew at some point I was going to be a coach, and I knew it was going to be baseball.

As you know, we can use all the RPI help we can get out here in the West. It's insane, man. I just asked Eric Valenzuela the other day, who scheduled this thing? It looks great on the schedule card and the Internet, but when you get out and play these teams, it's not easy.

I know it's that good and I know I can throw it anywhere. I've thrown it here, I've thrown it in Las Vegas last year. It's not the weather. That's an excuse.