Charlie Manuel Quotes on Games (13 Quotes)

This is a hard loss. We had it and we gave it away. We have to get our act together and start winning games.

At the start of the season, I thought it might be 92, but now looking at it, someone could win with 88 games. It might take less.

It's hard because how you start is how you start. We could have won, but ended up losing. 0-2 is 0-2, and we have to come back Thursday. We're going to win some games and we're going to be there. At the same time, it's always great to get off to a good start.

We're in a little funk. It seems we can't get going, but we have a much better club than that. We're going to win some games and we're going to compete.

The game was huge. We're not out of it, but we need to win. We definitely can't lose any more games.

I was worried about his command. He battled, he stayed in there. What gets him in trouble during games is when he slows the game down. Overthinking.

Let's hope they do it again. If you look back at the games, when they produced some runs, more than likely we won those games.

Still, I think Houston will run into some teams that will play them tough. ... Anything can happen. That's why you can't get down if you lose a game. You just have to come out the next stay fired up and stay after it for 12 games. Play your backside off, and some good things might happen.

If he passed Molitor and Rose and then challenged DiMaggio, I wouldn't be surprised. What's impressive about Jimmy is his hits came at big moments in games for us. He's improved so much as a hitter last year with his patience at the plate. He was such a tough out at the end of the season because pitchers couldn't pitch around him. If they threw him away, he went with the pitch. If they came in, he pulled it down the line. He did a great job in being selective up there and going with pitches.

We got a big hit at the right time. But for us to win some games, it has to be cleaner.

I just want to talk about winning. I don't even want to think about losing. I know we can't be losing games.

He has had big years. He won 20 games one year. Hes been kind of a steady guy, one who will give you 200 innings a year. He wins games. He is what you would call a command pitcher he doesnt walk a lot of guys. He pitches quick, gets the ball and throws it.

The last three or four games, Jon has been very good for us. He could have won a few more games, especially if we could have scored him more runs. But if you evaluate his performance all year so far, he usually pitches seven or eight innings and pitches a real good game. And any time we can score him runs, he can win a game for us.