298 Quotes About Battling

Dearborn always plays us tough. We were in a little bit of a slump too, but now we're battling out of it. It doesn't matter what they're going to throw at us, we have to concentrate on what we need to do get ready.

We're all battling to finish strong and finish with the fourth or fifth byes.

It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament.

You hate to say it, but there's a bit of a breaking in period, during when a guy gets needs a break, to pitch a good game and get good results, and the confidence grows. That's what we're trying to get now, a positive roll. He won a spot in Spring Training, and now he's battling to continue to pitch here. He's facing an 'A' lineup every night, but, as a pitcher, you have to be able to separate that and understand that it's about making pitches.

The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken.

I felt like I had a cannon on my shoulder. But I had no control of it at all. It's just tough to have it happen, especially when I'm battling for a job.

It's not just because we're close in proximity. For the first time in a long time we're both battling for the playoffs in a tough division and a tough conference. When two teams, whether they're just down the highway from each other or not, are both fighting for the same spot it's going to be good, intense hockey. You should expect nothing less.

Actually we did very well. We were battling lousy weather. Our main thing was trying not to get hurt or sick.

That was a huge win for our players. It still gives us a shot at the playoffs. The thing about the way it happened is we kept battling away at it and finally got there.