Charlie Manuel Quotes on Time (41 Quotes)

With the bases loaded, I want him to get a good ball to hit and drive the ball, ... At the same time, you have to be disciplined enough to know your strike zone. I think everybody gets away from it when their adrenaline's going and they get anxious to hit.

We'll wait and see. I want what's best for him. At the same time, I want him to be ready when the season starts. We have to get him healthy to where he pitch in a regular rotation for awhile.

I was throwing the ball well. But he explained it was more not how many pitches I'd thrown but the time of the game.

We didn't come out in the best mode. He was getting ahead of some hitters, then he was bouncing some balls. We weren't very patient and I thought we were giving him a lot of credit. I can see maybe why, because he's pitched good against us. But at the same time, I'd like to think we can beat anybody that goes out there.

We have got to win all of them, but we have to take them one at a time in order to do that. We have to make up two games somehow.

We're up against it now. It's getting near that time.

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.

I want us to be in good shape and in a good frame of mind. I want us to be ready. Last April was our only losing month we were in last place for a long time. It took us a while to get out of there. Ideally, the best way to do it is jump and get competitive from the start. We have a good chance with those home games to get our fans going. They can be instrumental.

We're down three games in the loss column with four left. That's a hard battle. At the same time, we don't quit.

Julio was always a guy who worked out all the time. But for a guy that old to still have the hand-eye coordination, it's absolutely amazing to me.

Any time you see a rookie who comes into the league, whether it's a hitter or a pitcher, and he does something, it's very rare, ... Any time you are successful like that, it's very special.

He had a great spring. He's improved in the last three to four years and he's going to play in the major leagues but, at the same time, we felt like he needed to play every day. He's going to be a good player.

He reminds me of a young Willie Stargell. This is an award he definitely won. We were very fortunate to have a player like him in the minor leagues. When Thome went down, the rest was, like, history. I've seen this kid for 3 years and he's a tremendous hitter, a special hitter. He's going to be doing it for a long time.

Of course, we'd like to have Jim Thome having a Jim Thome year. But at the same time, I want him to get well. I want him to get healthy. I want him where he's 100 percent and swinging the bat good again.

He's a player. The more you watch him, the more you see that the kid knows how to play. He knows how to catch and throw. He backs up the bases. He's a line-drive switch-hitter. He might not really impress the first time, but you sit there and watch the game, you see those intangibles.

I've got two rules be on time and hustle. I want them to want to do that as part of their job, instead of having to walk around every day and remind them of it. Once they buy into it and accept things, that's when you can be more relaxed.

We've been careful because it is so much different. This is the longest he's ever gone. He had some problems at the end of last year. It's something you have to teach your body to handle. He's still really young, so we want him to be good for a long time.

Somebody said our backs are against the wall. I think we're out on a limb hanging over a cliff. And we're trying to find a way to get back. But at the same time, I've seen a lot of things happen in this game. You play it out. When a game starts, you play out all 27 outs. You never know what's going to happen.

I'm definitely going to look at him a long time.

I look at our bench, and I'd love to get Coste some playing time. I think he can hit off the bench because, even in the minor leagues, he did that.

When you're a hitter, sometimes one at-bat can change the way you feel, the way you think. When you think about it, any time he gets the ball up in the air, he has a chance to hit it out, and there's no reason he can't do that against lefthanders.

Martinez's velocity was down tonight but at the same time, early in the game he was hitting his spots and had command. Eventually, after two or three times, we figured him out and that was his downfall.

When Bell got here, I told him the job is his to lose. I don't see how he lost his job. But at the same time, he's got to hold his job. Sooner or later, we're going to have to see him play.

Pat has charisma to make people relax around him. He keeps his composure. He's good. He's a leader. He listens. He's been around a long time. That comes with experience.

Our destiny is in our hands. If we're going to win the East or be a wild-card team, now's the time to step up. Right now we're kind of even, so we're going to see how good we are.

Gavin had a rough outing. I'm concerned about him. At the same time, he's young, he needs experience. If we want him to develop, we keep sending him out there.

I thought he pitched a hell of a game. I want him to pitch that way every time.

He was aggressive and battled through. He took the time to regroup every time something happened in the game. After the sixth, he had enough, and I thought that was a good time to get him out. I wanted him to go out on a good note.

He wanted some money, and we felt comfortable with Shane Victorino and Jason Michaels at that time.

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

I never promise guys anything. But I'll give you every chance in the world to show me what you can do. In my mind, I definitely am going to look at him a long time.

This isnt the time to make excuses. This is a big series. This ones gone, except for one thing -- we have to come out (tonight) an even more determined team.

That's how I show confidence in you. Now how you give yourself confidence is you go out there and pitch and are successful getting people out. Yeah, you're going to give up runs, but at the same time there also comes a time where you've got to start holding people.

Theres still time. If (the Astros) win 12 straight games (to close the season), then they damn sure deserve it.

Chase and Jimmy are the type of players who work so hard to improve and get better on the field. They strive for that. They want to get better all the time. They're fine up-and-coming players who are only going to keep getting better.

Yeah. Yes, it was (tough to sit Howard), ... But also, I think today is a good time to rest him. And also, I got him available whenever they bring a right-hander in there. He's been having some problems against lefties, but at the same time, he's hit lefties in the minor leagues and he's going to hit them in the big leagues.

Nothing Ryan does surprises me. What's great about Ryan, aside from his attitude, is he's only going to get better. He has so much potential that it's scary. This young man is going to play and succeed in this league for a very long time.

He's a big man with big power. I like to manufacture runs. I talk about that all the time. But one big swing sometimes, that will get you fat without eating.

Tonight was much better than the last time, obviously. He was more aggressive with his fastball. I think he's going to get better as he goes along.

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.

How am I going to stop him He's on his own. He was being aggressive but he made bad judgment. He was trying to make something happen but it wasn't at the right time.