Posing Quotes

You've got the economy and the Enron situation, these two opposing features and it's just a question of who wins out on any given day. - Jon Burnham

You're giving [the opposing defense] confidence. - Ray Brown

You're always trying to one-up the guy that threw the night before. It's great to be able to sit back and watch the guys do their thing - get outs and throw well. It's something we've struggled with the past couple years, and we just have to go out and keep attacking the opposing hitters. - Aaron Harang

Young people propose ambitious projects that may not work, so they don't get funded. Everybody else is proposing something where they've already done 90 percent of the work. It's one reason why progress is so incremental. - Greg Simon

You want the opposing offense to look at your defense and see everybody going to the ball. I thought we did a pretty good job of that today. We had guys making plays, and that's what you want from your defense. - Brian Dawkins

You never know for sure in the preseason how teams are going to be... You can make your best guess based on the people that are returning, and that type of thing. But the thing about the Big Ten, we play a grueling out-of-conference schedule. And then, when you get into the league and you go into those opposing stadiums, it's hard to win. Our stadiums are incredible. It's like you're already down by a touchdown when you walk in the door. - Jim Tressel

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. - Maurice Ravel

You look down and every single guy ... is capable of doing damage. It's pretty tough when you're an opposing pitcher. The leadoff guy gets on base and everything breaks loose. Then you can go down the whole line. It's something to look forward to. Hopefully everyone can stay healthy and it's going to be a fun year. - Xavier Nady