Quotes by Herman Demmink

“Knowing that were going to have somebody with heart, playing as hard as he can, gives us a little more motivation.”

“We use it as motivation. But we know we havent done anything yet.”

“You could see the younger guys improving and all of us getting better.”

“He throws a very heavy ball and its hard to pick up. He has a lot of velocity and his split-finger is fantastic. Its great to know ... that when we have a lead in the eighth or ninth inning, were going to get that win.”

“I think the biggest thing right now is we want to come out, and play well. But theres no reason for us to panic if something out of the ordinary happens this weekend. Hey, its not likely were going to go 56-0, so at some point were going to lose a game. Weve just got to put it behind us and be ready to play every day.”

“Its very apparent that anybody can win. The rest of the country has shown that, on any given day, you can be beat if youre not ready.”

“He had a hard slider and was working in and out with his fastball. Give him credit: He hit his spots.”

“I havent struggled this year, but I havent done the right things. It was more of an approach (Sunday) to each at-bat that I wasnt going to waste any opportunities.”

“We know this is the time we have to start getting hot.”

“You just have to give OConnor credit for what hes done with the program -- where it was a couple years ago and where it is now.”