Opener Quotes

Zach Duke deserves to pitch the home opener in Pittsburgh. He's earned that right. - Jim Tracy

You really can't enjoy it too long. As we learned in our season opener, if you are not mentally prepared, you can get beat on any given day. - Joe Collins

You know, I've never lost an opener. - Flip Saunders

You know what I told those doctors? ... I told them [forget] you, I'm going to see my grandsons play in the opener against Baylor. - Larry Chase

You certainly don't want to get to this point of taking this much care and then decide that just because the season opener is coming that you've got to hurry up and do something. He could very well be ready to start the season, I don't know, but again, we're certainly not going to have that as a necessity. - Joe Torre

You always want to get in a tournament to see where your kids are at. Most of our kids haven?t played in big-time tournaments. This is going to be eye-opener for the kids. We will be ready as we can. It?s exciting and scary at the same time. - Lance Fisher

With the lower-priced models we now have a door-opener; this gives us an opportunity to play where we've never played before. - Bob Venero

When you have a team behind you as a pitcher that will put a lot of runs on the board, it sure helps you to relax. ... It was a great season opener for us. - Chelsey Coburn

When I fouled out (Tuesday), I told the guys to remember what happened in Austin. We can use that as momentum when we play OU, too. It was the Big 12 opener and they beat us at home. We remember that kind of stuff. - Brittany Wilkins