17 Quotes by Rick Magnante

We won the first two innings. We're a capable team, but most of these players are amateurs.

My God, we're going to be like Lilliputians out there.

I wouldn't want it to be a demoralizing experience for the boys, because young men's egos are fragile. But given an opportunity to allow all the players to participate today, that would have been my goal. And I think that could have been better achieved had we played nine innings.

If they can look back and say they gave their most, that's all you can ask.

It is an amateur team. There is no way to handicap it to make it a level playing field. Nonetheless, memories are going to be made here and maybe we can grow the game and create a greater interest.

We never stopped. We got down, we kept playing hard all the way, we got down, we came back, it was just a tremendous effort.

The adage I use is of Jack and the Beanstalk, Gulliver and the Lilliputians and David and Goliath. All of them apply, there's no doubt about that. But if we can find the magic beans, or if we can zero the stone, then you never know what can happen.

We have to keep a positive attitude. This is not golf, I don't get eight strokes a side and we level the playing field. There is a disparity in terms of talent.

We're the only team with two losses and still have to play the USA. It's a big game for us and we know it's going to be a big game for them because it's a must-win for them.