Quotes by Conor Jackson

“Its made me work a little bit harder because I want to stay on this time. I want to play every day. Last year I really didnt prove I could.”

“Last year I wasnt comfortable when I got put into that situation. I had been comfortable wherever Id gone until then.”

“I just feel better and a little more comfortable. I got my feet wet last year.”

“Im just going to keep it simple, and keep the game plan I got here with.”

“Spring Training doesnt go on the back of your baseball card, but this is one of my plans for the year ... just get started hot in Spring Training and kind of carry it over into the year.”

“I rushed it a little bit. I couldnt get a good grip on it. It was a bang-bang play, a 50-50 shot. We had talked about it right before that if it was a ball to me, I was going home no matter what. If he was staying I wasnt going to turn two. I knew I was going home the whole way, I just couldnt get it quick enough.”

“I probably would have got him out with a good throw on a bang-bang play, but I couldnt get a good grip on it. Its one play, and Im not really going to let it get to me.”

“I knew I was going home the whole way, [I] just couldnt get it out of my glove quick enough. I probably would have had him out with a good throw. It would have been a bang-bang play, but it just got stuck a little bit.”

“I should have caught it. It was one of those plays where I knew it was going to take me off and I knew it was going to be a tag play, and I just got crossed up a little bit and kind of rushed it.”

“Ive still got a ways to go, but its a learning experience. Youre going to be put into situations youve never been put in before and you learn from them.”