More - Cliff Floyd Quotes

The home run doesn't mean jack. You still have to come back and play and make the plays when they have men in scoring position.

Cliff Floyd

 

Brandon is a tough pitcher. You've have to try to get him early. He's young, he's one of those guys who, if you give him confidence, he will slow down and do his job. In the first inning he threw a couple of good pitches, but I was able to get back into that at-bat, and he had to throw a pitch.

Cliff Floyd

 

It's real easy to just fall apart. But the only way to maintain team chemistry is by realizing how important all the other guys are,

Cliff Floyd

 

I always believe hitting is contagious. You start getting a couple of hits, you don't go up there thinking. You put the pitcher in a bind. Once you get somebody having to think a little bit, then you've got him.

Cliff Floyd

 Believe

He pitched good, not great. And if he doesn't give it up to Johnson, he pitches great.

Cliff Floyd

 

I think he wins because of what he's done with a team that didn't have Chipper [Jones] for a long time,

Cliff Floyd

 

The amazing thing is, I was getting walked intentionally with second and third and he was hitting grand slams the last two weeks of the season.

Cliff Floyd

 

I won't let it be disruptive to my teammates at all. I believe that when you sign a contract, you play until the end, and then at the end of that you sign another one. If they choose to call you and say, 'You know what? We'll give you an extension,' you deal with that accordingly. Honestly, I've done good things, but you still have to establish yourself where you have a right to talk - 'You know what? I deserve this right now.' I haven't done that. I just want to play.

Cliff Floyd

 Believe

Most guys take a couple of days off, come back and swing at everything kind of out of whack. He's up there taking pitches like he didn't miss a beat. But you're talking about an exceptional athlete.

Cliff Floyd

 

You can't always expect him to go out there and pitch a one-hitter. Those things happen.

Cliff Floyd