Rookie Quotes

You know what, that's one of the greatest feats in all of sports... You know what, it's not that easy. Especially with all of those rookies they've played. - Bruce Bochy

You know that [the rookies'] minds are kind of racing right now. We just want them to be relaxed and go out and play, and Spach is doing an excellent job with that. - Donovan McNabb

You know players are asked to deliver better in their second seasons than in their rookie years. Hitting .300 with 30 or more stolen bases ? that's my goal and hopefully I'll be in the World Series again by fulfilling my role on the team. - Tadahito Iguchi

You just have to be so pleased for him, the improvement he's made. People got upset early, he was inconsistent, but he was a rookie in a way (as) a freshman. He had to get a feel of what it was about and get some confidence back. I thought late in the season, he was as consistent as anyone on our team. - Bruce Weber

You have to remember, I'm almost like a rookie after playing three years in a different system. I'm starting to settle in, though, so it won't be long before that guy you remember from last year is back. - Tyler Palko

You have to play rookies, they're the best players we have. That's how we look at it. We're going to play the best players. We'd like for the best to have a lot of experience, but it doesn't work like that always. - Lovie Smith

You don't take a rookie and give him a second All-Star break... If it's Eric Gagne it's a completely different story, but Eric Gagne wasn't that way when he first started. Eric Gagne would pitch when he first became a closer. He would pitch in a game like that. - Jim Tracy

You can't really become a leader if you're still finding things out, which every rookie is. We've opened the offense up and I think that's a big part of him getting more comfortable. - Alan Faneca

You always want to go after the young guys. You never really want to go after the experienced guys like (Broncos cornerback) Champ Bailey. But we went after Champ a couple times and were pretty successful against him. But we were more successful against the rookie. - Cedrick Wilson

Yesterday's race was a really big learning curve for me. I made a lot of rookie mistakes. Going home last night, I thought about a lot of things that I could change, and instead of looking, watching and learning today, I was actually racing. It was great. - Jeremy McGrath