Handled Quotes

You're talking about a guy that got moved from the 9 hole very shortly to the 6 hole and then, in his first full season in the big leagues, being put in the 3 slot in the lineup. And he didn't blink. . . How he handled that mentally and emotionally, as much as what he did statistically, really drove the confidence that we had in making an offer like this. - Mark Shapiro

You'd think if you handled him, your chances of winning are better. We were able to handle him. We weren't able to handle some of the other guys. - Clint Hurdle

You understand when players can't play... And that's the toughest thing. That's not the Tim Byrdak we've seen in the past. He's been a very reliable arm in our bullpen. I think he handled it extremely well. We've seen the crispness of his stuff and when his arm has been tired, like it has been for the last couple days, you don't see it. - Jim Beattie

You understand that there is a business side of things. You might not like the way it goes all the time or you may not agree with the way that it is handled, but there is a business side of things and when you see guys leave every year, you realize that it is a part of it. - Brian Dawkins

You tell them that it shows character as to how they handled this, to come back to play for third rather than play for first, which is where they hoped to be. I thought they handled it pretty well, even though they were disappointed that we weren't in the championship. But it ended up being a good way to finish for us, and I'm happy about that. - Lisa Peifer

You should never violate your discharge standards, but it's difficult to know how we could have handled these improvements any other way. - Don Davis

You only have to look at the way they handled Tony Adams and Paul Merson, they stood by those players and they helped them as much as they could. So, in that sense, if he's got personal problems then he's at the best club. - Nigel Winterburn

You never know. I'm sure she's down about it. She's only 16 and she's going to keep learning. She's got a lot of pressure on her, but she handled herself well out there. - Camilo Villegas

You know me, I've handled the toughest cases and never backed down from anything. - Kathryn Flicker

You have peaks and valleys. At the end, after you've handled everything you need to handle in those valleys, you come back up in those peaks. We're at one of the peaks right now. - Brian Dawkins