More - Mike Timlin Quotes

Well, after I talked to [U.S. manager] Buck Martinez, I've got to be able to make this team first. Like you said, it's a Who's Who. There's quite a few big names there. I may have to really try to work hard to carve out my own spot.

Mike Timlin

 

It was a back-and-forth battle. They have a great team. They're hitting the ball well. We just hit the ball a little bit better.

Mike Timlin

 

I was going fastball away and just overthrew it a little bit. It kind of rode back closer to the plate than I wanted.

Mike Timlin

 

The guy took a full swing, so I'm reacting to a full swing. As a pitcher, that's one of the toughest things to do. ... I think I went six or seven inches into the ground when I dove. I had to replace my divot.

Mike Timlin

 

He's a young guy who works hard. He's not just scraping by in the ninth inning. He's going out there and dominating hitters and people in the stands want to see that in a ninth-inning guy.

Mike Timlin

 

What happened to us happens to every champion. We've seen it in basketball. We've seen it in football. We've seen it in boxing. You see it in every sport. Every champion tends to not necessarily relax, but I think maybe you win and you feel like you can take a deep breath.

Mike Timlin

 Basketball

The nosepiece slips, you have to wipe sweat off the lenses. With these, there's no extra bulk.

Mike Timlin

 

He's a tough little hitter. He's got great speed. He makes good contact. Watching him on the defensive side, watching him go get the ball, he's pretty awesome. He's got good speed there. He's got very good reactions to the ball.

Mike Timlin

 

He's a fat guy. He's a big fat guy.

Mike Timlin

 

The way I look at it, when Wake got hit, he probably could have broke his shin and he still would have stayed in the game. He wanted to be in there and he wanted to win. It shows a lot what he's made of.

Mike Timlin