Close Games Quotes

If you can hang in games by staying close defensively, then good things can happen.

The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

In a lot of close games, I can make a difference with my speed.

The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.

You've got to win close games in the NFL.

If you look at Arsenal today, I really enjoy watching them play - they play some really good football - but that is not enough to win football matches or to win competitions. But in our time, we were winning, and we had the strength to not play well but somehow manage to win the game 1-0.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!

My old coach used to say two points was two points.

Most one run games are lost, not won.

The games can go any way. As we know in this league, you can win by 30 or lose by 30 the next night. That is just the way the league is.

I think these are the most difficult games to win, just every at-bat, every pitch, it seemed like it was important. The at-bats that the Nationals had the entire series, it just felt like it was a constant 2-2, foul off three pitches, seven-pitch at-bats.

Safeco Field is a lot like a National League park. Because of that, we're more of a pitching-defensive type club. Anaheim and Oakland - and even Texas - are more offensive oriented. We're a club that doesn't blow anybody out, but at the same time we don't get blown out much. We're in most of the games.

Tests with India always produce some great finishes.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.