We want everybody to be one of the top players in the league, and it's not out of the realm read more

We want everybody to be one of the top players in the league, and it's not out of the realm of possibly to do that. We've got all the ingredients. It's just a matter of doing it.

This is an Arab city living in a unique moment in history.

This is an Arab city living in a unique moment in history.

After the last Plant game, we changed the whole offense, because this year the defense in our league has been read more

After the last Plant game, we changed the whole offense, because this year the defense in our league has been a lot tougher. We began running a zone offense to combat Plant's defense. All we did in the lead-up to that game was concentrate on beating them.

There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche read more

There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche of a college player. You have to always, constantly try to be on the same page with your players. You can't let them get too far away where you can't tell what they're thinking or what they're feeling. At the same time, it's not a sit-around-the-camp-fire session every day where we are discussing our feelings.

I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that read more

I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that has done the most not only for his team, but has done most to help his team win baseball games. Not only for home runs, runs batted in and batting average, but also in the clubhouse.

We had been following (the power points) and figured this had a chance of happening. The thing I told her read more

We had been following (the power points) and figured this had a chance of happening. The thing I told her (Barbee) is that I know it will be emotional, but she needs to keep playing the way she has and not let it consume her.

In this new system, the star players have to be star players. If they aren't, you are probably not going read more

In this new system, the star players have to be star players. If they aren't, you are probably not going to be successful.

We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, read more

We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, and we kind of got sucked into that. We were forcing things. We need to do a better job of sticking to our stuff and doing what we want to do.

Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you read more

Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you don't have a proper working machine. You've got a Ferrari with a Nissan engine and you can't have that now. It's like wearing white socks with dress pants.