Quotes by Brandon Webb

“Its just a game that we needed to win just to get off this streak weve been in. No matter how we won it, 10-9, whatever, we just rally needed to win a ballgame.”

“I was not on at all mechanically, not very sound, ... I was saying [before the game], This is the day I will probably go out and throw a no-hitter. The last time in the bullpen, my stuff was some of my better stuff.”

“I left [the ball to Ward] out over the middle of the plate, ... He hammered the thing. It was well-struck. But it was only one mistake and a solo home run, which is not going to beat you, usually.”

“I made my pitches when I had to, and thats what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made some good pitches and the guys made some good plays behind me to get me out of it.”

“The starters have been starting well, going into games six or seven innings,”

“The stuff I had tonight was pretty unbelievable, ... Some of the best stuff I’ve had all season.”

“I feel like I can go out there and win every ballgame with three runs. So I try to keep it down below one to two runs for seven or eight innings, and Ive been able to do that.”

“Were playing real well right now, ... Were hoping to win out and see what happens.”

“I kept them off the board until Trace got in there with the big two-run shot,”

“It was a big double play, ... In the first it was a fastball down that (Robles) just rolled over on.”

A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.

Great performers - in sports, the arts, business, or whatever field - have undertaken massive amounts of training. And when that training is complete... they train some more, and harder than they expect to perform. Why? Training builds confidence and ensures peak performance.

Its every teachers job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.

Small unit autonomy, breaking the right rules, cultural influence, and relationship building has always been the heart Special Operations. Something must be done to ensure these are not lost to the big machine of SOCOM.