You have to know your opponent. I do a bit of study on them and then on the day you try not to let them out of your sights. Steven Baker
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Baker's tactic of bumping and buffeting Chris Judd in round eight against West Coast frustrated the reigning Brownlow medallist and reduced him to a nine-disposal game. The fact Judd's elbow smashed into Baker's face late in the game not only got him suspended, it told everyone how he felt about the treatment he was getting.] I played on him the year before, ... I try to knock him away from the ball before he gets it. That's about the only way to stop him, I think. - Steven Baker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0Jha2VyJ3MgdGFjdGljIG9mIGJ1bXBpbmcgYW5kIGJ1ZmZldGluZyBDaHJpcyBKdWRkIGluIHJvdW5kIGVpZ2h0IGFnYWluc3QgV2VzdCBDb2FzdCBmcnVzdHJhdGVkIHRoZSByZWlnbmluZyBCcm93bmxvdyBtZWRhbGxpc3QgYW5kIHJlZHVjZWQgaGltIHRvIGEgbmluZS1kaXNwb3NhbCBnYW1lLiBUaGUgZmFjdCBKdWRkJ3MgZWxib3cgc21hc2hlZCBpbnRvIEJha2VyJ3MgZmFjZSBsYXRlIGluIHRoZSBnYW1lIG5vdCBvbmx5IGdvdCBoaW0gc3VzcGVuZGVkLCBpdCB0b2xkIGV2ZXJ5b25lIGhvdyBoZSBmZWx0IGFib3V0IHRoZSB0cmVhdG1lbnQgaGUgd2FzIGdldHRpbmcuXSBJIHBsYXllZCBvbiBoaW0gdGhlIHllYXIgYmVmb3JlLCAuLi4gSSB0cnkgdG8ga25vY2sgaGltIGF3YXkgZnJvbSB0aGUgYmFsbCBiZWZvcmUgaGUgZ2V0cyBpdC4gVGhhdCdzIGFib3V0IHRoZSBvbmx5IHdheSB0byBzdG9wIGhpbSwgSSB0aGluay4g&author=ICBTdGV2ZW4gQmFrZXIgICAg&num=1 "[Baker's tactic of bumping and buffeting Chris Judd in round eight against West Coast frustrated the reigning Brownlow medallist and reduced him to a nine-disposal game. The fact Judd's elbow smashed into Baker's face late in the game not only got him suspended, it told everyone how he felt about the treatment he was getting.] I played on him the year before, ... I try to knock him away from the ball before he gets it. That's about the only way to stop him, I think. - Steven Baker Quotes")
![The first two or three years I struggled with it. I was a bit of a party boy. I think I was a nightmare for [previous Saints coaches] Timmy Watson and Blighty [Malcolm Blight]. Thommo's getting the better side of me as I've grown up. - Steven Baker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIGZpcnN0IHR3byBvciB0aHJlZSB5ZWFycyBJIHN0cnVnZ2xlZCB3aXRoIGl0LiBJIHdhcyBhIGJpdCBvZiBhIHBhcnR5IGJveS4gSSB0aGluayBJIHdhcyBhIG5pZ2h0bWFyZSBmb3IgW3ByZXZpb3VzIFNhaW50cyBjb2FjaGVzXSBUaW1teSBXYXRzb24gYW5kIEJsaWdodHkgW01hbGNvbG0gQmxpZ2h0XS4gVGhvbW1vJ3MgZ2V0dGluZyB0aGUgYmV0dGVyIHNpZGUgb2YgbWUgYXMgSSd2ZSBncm93biB1cC4g&author=ICBTdGV2ZW4gQmFrZXIgICAg&num=7 "The first two or three years I struggled with it. I was a bit of a party boy. I think I was a nightmare for [previous Saints coaches] Timmy Watson and Blighty [Malcolm Blight]. Thommo's getting the better side of me as I've grown up. - Steven Baker Quotes")
