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It was like having Aaron (Rodgers back) in the huddle. People play differently when they are expected to be the starter. He wasn't the backup anymore.

Ryan O'callaghan

We think he's got a chance to be a pretty good pitcher. Whether that's in the bullpen or as a starter we're not exactly sure, but we want to give him every opportunity to start.

Pete Mackanin

We graduated only one starter in Catherine Flynn , but she was our leading goal scorer last year. I don't think we have one player that is going to score like Catherine did last year, but as a team, I think we will be able to fill that void by having several players increase their offensive production.

Keith Wilbur

Matt has come a long way. He came in here as the starter and got knocked to the background. That was very unexpected in his life.

Jim Zorn

Unfortunately, there are only five starters but she accepts her role and she's been so effective coming off the bench. We have the luxury of having a sixth player who could be a starter for someone else.

Brian Metcalf

You don't go to a good team like this team and just walk in as the starter, ... It just doesn't work. I'd rather be going to a 13-3 team than a 3-13 team. You follow me? I've been on enough of those.

Chris Chandler

The first four minutes are important to us, especially to myself as a starter and the rest of the starters. We talked about setting the tone and we wanted to start well.

Gabrielle Richards

I'm ready for whatever challenge that's ahead of me. Whether I'm the starter or if I'm behind Duce, I'm going to accept my role. I hope he does come back. Duce is a great guy and I learned a lot from him. I think me, him and Westbrook would be a great combination.

Correll Buckhalter

We have a lot of confidence in both of them. They're both good friends and they'll support one another. And like last week, if the starter struggles, we can put the other one in.

Joe Hamilton

I signed as a starter. I've been in the bullpen a long time. I can do anything. Whatever they want me to do, I'll do.

Hector Carrasco

Jeff has more experience running the offense but Brandon brings a style that is hard to defend and he makes things happen out there. I don;t know that I'll name a starter until probably the day before the game. They are very close and what I'm hoping is that one of them will breakout by midseason.

Bruce Miller

Dan wasn't a starter last season but he's really stepped up his game. He's one of our co-captains along with John Moll and he brings some fire to the court.

Miguel Cabrita

Who knows how it's going to be on Sunday? Wait till Sunday to see who's going to be the starter.

Corey Williams

Years ago, that's how it was done. Guys came up as relievers and worked their way into being starters. C.J. has had his challenges as a starter, but I'd like to test drive that again before the end of the season.

Buck Showalter

When you look at Josh's numbers, he's done absolutely everything you can possibly do in the Frontier League. He has the background in independent baseball of a number one starter and I'm thrilled to add him to our roster.

Rick Forney

It's different than it was last year. We graduated a lot of kids last year. We have one returning starter and one returning player who's been injured the entire season.

Gary Crane

Chris knows how to play within himself. He's going to make an excellent coach one day. He generally makes good decisions and really knows how to fill his (fifth) starter role.

Tom Nelligan

He's done very, very well. He started last year for the most part and has remained the starter this year. He needs to keep improving, getting better day in and day out and becoming a big, strong, hard, nasty defender.

Colin Clarke

Pink (Pinkham) is a slow starter but he never really got it going today. It was a bad experience all around.

Bruce Blanch

He was about to become a starter. He's just 6-foot-1, but he plays bigger than that. He just landed on someone's foot during a scrimmage in practice. The scary thing is he's had injures before and you hope it's not something that's going to keep popping up.

Tim Spiers

My goal is to be a starter that first game. Whether it happens or doesn't happen ... I'm going to keep playing and let my play speak for me and make a case for me to start playing against Miami on Sept. 4.

Myron Rolle

He said it would be the best situation for me, because (starter) John Lynch is so old (34) and they only have one other safety. It was a rough weekend, but everyone tells me it?s not how you start but where you finish that counts.

Tyler Everett

On paper he shouldn't be the starter. But the other kids will be hard-pressed to uproot him before that opener.

Kirk Hoza

They were looking at Kali and saw the two other guys (the linemen). They feel (Kali) can start right away. They run the same type of offense like us, so he should fit in right away. The coach has been calling me everyday. They felt he could start over their starter. Kali is more mobile and he has a good concept of the offense.

Wendell Say

He plays with so much more confidence. Last season he essentially was our fifth starter and was out there to defend, and every now and then he'd get out in a passing lane and make a steal and make a play. But this year, he's one of the major players on the floor. He's playing with great confidence at both ends.

Troy Graefe

You've got to give her credit for getting softball into the SEC. You can't deny her that. She's always going to be remembered as the starter of SEC softball as far as I'm concerned.

Megan Matthews

Jinks threw well. He's our No. 1 starter and he proved himself to be our No. 1 guy.

Howard Bell

That kind of goes with being a two-way starter and a senior. We had kind of a crappy class for seniors last year. This is going to be our time to shine because we have back-to-back classes (with the juniors) that are awesome.

Nate Yosten

He's the only four-year starter I've ever had in 29 years as a coach.

Paul Wayne

To be a senior on our team, you need to be a leader or a starter. A lot of people don't know about Clint and he is an unknown to everybody except the people on our team. Second base is solid with Clint.

Tom Woodruff

I would have been excited just to play against a No. 3-ranked team like Penn State, but I'm not excited about how I came to be the starter right now. A.J.'s my best friend. We've been here in and out of things together. I'm out there playing for A.J.

Sam Mcgrew

I'm worried about injuries because we don't have much depth. In fact, we don't have a replacement in a couple of weight classes, so if a starter gets injured, we may have to forfeit.

Vince Testa

We ran the play and it just happened to work. Bosco is a leader and a returning starter. She is very quick and athletic and can beat people off the dribble. She's a great defender, she's a scrappy player.

Cory Green

As long as they say bullpen in St. Louis, then I'm all for it. I still think of myself as a starter. ... But this is a good change because it's giving me a big-league opportunity I wouldn't have had as a starter.

Adam Wainwright

It looked like a pretty good situation, ... I don't know if I'm going to be a backup. I don't know if I'm going to be backing up a backup. I don't know if I'm going to be a starter.

Jim Moore

It was good that I got a chance to go out there and be a part of it, ... If they do say I'm going to be the starter, I've got a lot to do, a lot of work. I'm sure I'll be watching film here all week.

Cody Pickett

I feel more comfortable with Coach Applewhite because he's been in the same situation, ... I just try to prepare like I'm the starter. It's the same mental preparation.

Joe Fields

My earliest memory is shouting: at what and for what reason, I don't know. Probably a tantrum; or I may have been rehearsing. I was always an early starter.

Lemmy Kilmister

I love relieving. The adrenaline you have as a starter has a chance to wear you out, but as a reliever it helps you.

C.j. Wilson

I wanted to become a solid starter, I just hit my spots and did all I could to be consistent. They have two big stars, so I tried to hit my spots as best I could.

Kyle Monahan

He makes some poor decisions. When you're trying to be a starter after being a backup, you just can't make mental mistakes. You make decisions that put you in a bind.

Sean Salisbury

Mike is still the starter, so obviously he's doing something that I am not.

Tatum Bell

I don't know if I would go anywhere. If they said, 'Hey, you have a legit shot of being our starter here, we'll give you a fair shake,' I'd probably have to jump on that. Being the No. 3 guy, an opportunity like that doesn't come around often.

Craig Nall

I like to game plan against a defense, not a person. I look at a backup just like I do a starter. We're going to take the same amount of shots we would if their starters were in there.

Daunte Culpepper

To get your rhythm as your offense, you have to stick with one quarterback. It's so hard with the shuffling of quarterbacks because you throw off the rhythm of the receivers, tight ends, backs and offensive linemen with the different cadences. With Gus pretty much being labeled as No. 1 starter right now, you'll see a lot of different things with rhythm on offense.

Randy Mcmichael

We were playing for No. 30 tonight. That was our motivation. He's a three-year starter and he's been denied half his senior year.

Greg Nossaman

During fall camp, Fran came to me and told me he wanted me to play fullback, ... I said, 'Sure, Fran, I'll do it.' Basil had a couple good games, and when they did move me back to tailback, there was no way I was going to be the starter because he'd been playing so well.

Ladainian Tomlinson

With 65 pitches, my goal as a starter would be to get into the fifth inning. You would have to really be sharp with the command, but that would be something to shoot for.

Calvin Maduro

I want to play, but I want to be a starter.

Jose Luis Rodriguez

There's no adjustment you can make for losing someone like Ashley. It wasn't just her skill level, but her experience as a three-year starter that made her valuable. It's left a big hole for us to fill.

Phil Thomas

She's like a sixth starter. She's gotten to the point where she's playing with confidence.

Brian Giorgis

I'm not that surprised by their start. They had a good JV team and have a four-year starter at quarterback in Brandon Rouse. You bring those JV kids together with a player like Rouse and you have a good team.

Wayne Jackson

Stan Buchanan (a starter on the 1955 NCAA champion USF team) surprised me when he mentioned a few years ago that the team had always wanted rings but did not receive them, so we started a process of building an event to honor this distinguished group.

Bill Hogan

Mays will play some at quarterback and so will Quinn Kelly. We were counting on (Weber) to be our starter. Hopefully, by the third or fourth game, he'll be back.

Monte Kohler

It's tough anytime you lose a starter, especially Benny, because he's someone we've been playing together with most of our lives, and he's one of the best players we've ever had here. Coach says everybody has to step up because that's all you can do. So far, that's what we've done.

Adam Krejci

Traditionally, our offensive line is depleted every year. Seniors usually dominate it so this is unusual for us. We normally have a starter or two back in the skill positions, but we have the opposite of that this year.

Tom Allen

I just have to keep working. I don't want to just be a 'one-game wonder.' I want to be the starter.

Tatum Bell

A lot of the starter homes are on the smaller end, a little bit older.

Amy Cutts

As a starter you have to be able to adapt to what is put in front of you. Obviously, you don't like to wait that long but sometimes you have to.

Jeff Suppan

There were a couple things that kept her from starting. Mostly it was injuries. It was that and trying to get a rotation down. Sometimes we have a lull where we can't score, and it's nice to get a scorer in there. She's really as starter. We've had to shorten her game a little bit to get her in there, but she's a very good player.

Gordy Presnell

I think Maggie sees the game differently now and is practicing differently, which is leading to great potential for her to be a starter for us.

Kirk Walker

I feel great about it. Corey has been a three-year starter and been a mainstay and head a great year last year. This is just a step for Corey because I feel he will go on to bigger and better things.

Mike Pirtle

I'm not rusty and I'll be ready to go when they call on me. I have to work my way to being a starter and I feel like I'm right around the corner.

Tatum Bell

It's, at the moment, only a concept, ... Basically until this season, Matt's been a starter. We're looking at the best way to maximize how we use him. We haven't made up our minds yet.

Aidan O'brien

We got more patient at the plate and the guys started waiting for their pitch. (Manchester) threw harder than their starter so it took some time to adjust, but we were able to get a few runs in the sixth and get the win.

Ronnie Sockey

After looking at the film Bobby is ready to get a few more reps, so we`re going to make him the starter, ... He`s getting better and better each week. As he gets more reps, he gets better each day. We`ll see how it goes.

Larry Fedora

(Neil) is a returning starter who has a lot of speed, covers a lot of ground in the outfield, and has a surprising strong bat. He's deceiving. He's one of the fastest that we have on this team.

Jeff Herrick

Affordability declines are worrisome, but consistent with strong markets for the past 30 years. More troublesome is the inability to find affordable starter homes.

Glenn Crellin

Justin is a third-year starter. I think our No. 2 and 3 guys will be as good as some of our opponents' No. 1 guys.

Tim Saunders

Denny Baker had been a starter but he broke his leg. It was during a game; he came down on it wrong. The bone was sticking out. It was pretty nasty.

Bob Boyle

They were so close. I wasn't even going to do it until the game. The offensive staff was tired of messing with it. They wanted to go ahead and name a starter, so that's fine.

Mike Gundy

She's had little problems here and there in her races. She has no withers, so her saddle has slipped sometimes. In another start, the (assistant) starter grabbed her right ear. So, it's been little things here and there. But today we tried to get it all together, and she did.

Ron Mcanally

He would love to be the opening starter, and he proved last year he can handle pressure.

Brent Kemnitz

The starter is really hurting people. You're supposed to be down for 1 1/2, 2 seconds at the most. When you're down for 2 1/2, 3 seconds, it's a tough position. I tripped up and it just got my timing off.

Kip Carpenter

The Ann Arbor line is the clearest opportunity to make the case that safe, modern, convenient and efficient mass transportation can be effective in southeast Michigan. It needs to have a starter line to convince people this can be done and be done well.

Keith Schneider

He'll stay in England to find some rhythm with Liverpool. Last season he was a late starter and went on to win the Champions League.

Jurgen Klinsmann

We don't have a weak spot in our lineup. All but one starter has a winning record, and eight have hit double digits in victories.

Tim Crawford

We always looked to him. He's been with us for five years and was a starter for three. He understands the game and always competed hard.

Gary Munsen

This is the whole reason I became a starting pitcher. I came in last year and we were already down -- so I became a starter this year for stuff like this.

Tyler Chambliss

Jordan is probably the best track athlete that I have. He's good out of the blocks - he's our best starter - and he's a good long jumper too.

Brad Kruse

He's a guy we're real high on. He can be a starter or a closer.

Rich Maloney

The goalie runs the defense. But since [Chris] O'Donnell is a three-year starter he makes sure [everyone's] on the same page and will assume the quarterback position.

Rich Gargiulo

(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him.

Danny Ardoin

She's going to be a workhorse for us. She's a three-year starter and will be a player that we'll depend on.

Jeff Horr

I didn't really get into second gear until I was 30. My first wife was a nurse and she was very anti. I never really started caning it until 1990, when I was 29. I had to make up for being a late starter. It wasn't self-destruction - I was having fun. There was never any reason to stop doing it, because it was fun. It makes it much harder to give up. It wasn't even starting to hurt.

Norman Cook

Lo is consistent. He's quietly consistent if you knew him. He doesn't say much. He's a solid player that is going to hit the open shot. He's a nice sixth man to have. I really consider him our sixth starter.

Keith Hunter

You definitely know when you split reps that it's possible. But I was a bit surprised. I was hoping to be a starter and play the whole season.

Brad Badger

He did a nice job. He's been my No. 1 starter for four years, but his pitch count got too high. If we make a couple plays, he doesn't make as many pitches.

Sean Hayes

We're just trying to build up some endurance in him. If the game is on the line, he's a good guy to bring in. Hopefully, we will be able to use him as a starter later in the year.

Mike Giovinazzo

(Braverman) is returning as a three-year starter. Anna is very solid as a catcher and is really emerging as a leader. Last year she hit .300 for us.

Bridget Ebenhack

Since he has become a starter he has really stepped up his game and has especially been hitting the boards a lot.

Dustin Werdt

This is the time for anyone to emerge as the starter. We just have each others' backs. I want to see everyone start. We're not just looking out for ourselves.

Andrew Shanle

Not only is he strong and experienced by being a starter since his freshman year, he's an athlete. He's not just a big boy out there. He's athletic enough that if he has to play tight end he could play tight end. He has athletic ability that is not natural for a guy over 300 pounds.

Benjie Wimberly

He's coming into this knowing he'll be a fresh voice and pair of eyes in evaluations. I think he's going to be able to start from scratch, in terms of evaluations of goaltenders. Hopefully he'll allow us to make the right choices and select a starter.

Tim Taylor

It's not that much difference preparing like a starter. I always prepare like I'm going to play anyway. If someone gets hurt, you have to go in there.

Chris Draft

They have a good offensive line, but he was a first-time starter. We played hard the whole game, and things went our way.

Kamerion Wimbley

I just want to be a key player. Whenever I'm called on, I just want to make the play at the right time. I want to step up and do my best. I would like to start, but I'm not concentrating on being a starter.

Devin Hester

It's a big difference between being a starter and a backup. You have to watch more film and be more conscious of different blitzes and different looks and things like that.

Adrian Jones

He did so well, I made him our Game 1 starter in the playoffs. He impressed me enough to do that.

Xavier Hernandez

The way everything went down last year was a little awkward for both of us just given the situation and how well the team ended up playing and how far we ended up going. It's one of those situations where the front office makes decisions. I was happy that I was able to finally get a chance to prove my worth as a starter.

Bo Oshoniyi

It's taking place in all the areas where single-family homes are becoming unaffordable for your average first-time or middle-income buyer. Not that many people can afford a half-million-plus for a starter home.

Dan Fasulo

At the beginning, I was getting a little bit panicked because he's definitely our number one (starter). That was as hard as he's been hit by far all year. He was just leaving the ball up. You can't leave the ball up in this league.

Doug Sankey

Trevor is a very competitive person and he's experienced in that role. As a sophomore, we tried him as a starter, but he just seemed to work better in that closer role.

Charlie Lemberger

Daniels is a three-year starter that can beat you in so many ways. He may be the best that we'll see all year.

Jeff Mathews

Our press offense was revamped because of what they do. We have a tall line up this year. My shortest starter is 6-2. Our point guard is 6-3. We knew they would have a tough time with our size.

Kevin Mcdaniel

I'm pretty sure every goalie would like to be a starter. I'm just thinking about helping my country get as far as we can.

Peter Budaj

Ahmad will get several opportunities in the nickel and he's on the special teams and for us the nickel back is like a starter. Over the last five years, our nickel back has played as much if not more than one of our linebackers because of the substitution.

Jim Bates

He (Gonzalez) wants to be a starter. That's where he feels he can help the club most. But he told me to use him how we wanted and that he'd be ready.

Steve Kittrell

He has tremendous makeup. When he was in the minors, I thought he'd be a No. 3-4 starter. I didn't think he'd be a No. 1, but he's a legitimate No. 1.

Tommy Jones

Your fifth starter is sitting over there in the stands.

Doug Henry

He's only been a starter at this level for (six games) and he's going to go through some learning experiences in the coming weeks. Outside of the two interceptions, I thought he had an outstanding game.

Tom Craft

It's a lot of hard work. You've got to invest yourself, physically and mentally and financially. You have to be a self-starter.

Jim Garrison

It will be designed to appeal to every level of income from starter to move-up to second move-up to active adult.

Kent Merselis

He's a starter on most teams in this league. And when he shoots it like he did tonight, obviously that's a new dimension to his game.

Tony Shaver

I figure right now, I'm the starter. I'm going to do the best I can. I plan on doing a good enough job to help this team win.

Mark Sanders

We haven't determined the starter yet. We are comfortable with both of them protecting the net.

Mark Royer

Regular work is the key to converting to the bullpen and my command. As a starter, you have a routine. Out of the bullpen, you never know when you will pitch. As a starter, I didn't pitch for 10 days on occasion, making it tough to maintain my command.

Todd Wellemeyer

I'm really pleased that Erik Ainge as the starter is taking the reps. He's never had that opportunity. He's playing at a much better tempo.

David Cutcliffe

We are all avid football fans of the University of Michigan and to see one of our own as a member of the team, we kept close track of him. We were thrilled when he became a starter (during his freshman season) and we would always look for his name on the TV screen and things like that.

Tim Mccollum

Normally, we're not caught that short. Normally, we don't lose both our Friday and Saturday starter the same year.

Mark Marquess

That's reflective of our mission to be a starter institution.

Carol D'amico

I feel happy. That's what I like to do, be a starter, and I think I did my job in the starting rotation last year.

Claudio Vargas

We played a good game. We pitched well, we caught the ball, we ran the bases ... we just didn't hit. Four hits against a fifth starter is not going to get it done.

Lloyd Mcclendon

Pretty much the team knows my feelings about being a starter, ... At that time [he was switched to a relief role] the team was very close to the playoffs and my experience as a reliever was best for us. But I'm very focused on being a starter.

Victor Zambrano

I'm not really doing anything different. I'm usually a slow starter. We're playing well right now, and I just want to contribute.

Jermaine Dye

We have to find him more time, he's not even a starter. He's maturing and doing well.

John Pascarella

A point of emphasis with us right now is that we do not have a virtual returning starter at any position. That's the way we want to go into spring drills. As a staff, we are now evaluating our players on the field. We've had a chance to observe them through winter conditioning, but now let's see where we're at as a football team.

Scott Downing

Adam is a three-year starter who had 19 wins last year. Jordan is also a three-year starter.

Tony Salopek

I was primed and prepared to be the starter on defense in my junior year but things just went bad.

Tremell Jack

He basically carried the ball on that whole study. I provided a little guidance, ... He's a total self-starter. He's gotten very enthusiastic about the project.

Tom Lynch

He has a built-in self-starter. He's never satisfied where he's at. He's always pushing himself.

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Mike Concannon

It was my first camp as a starter. I'll always remember that, just because I have been waiting for this my entire life. I felt like I really grabbed hold of the team. I didn't know how they were going to respond to me. I knew I had a lot of friends out here, and I knew I had a good rapport with a lot of them, but I'm just really pleased with how the guys have my back.

Sam Keller

I'm not a fast starter in spring training, and I need to be careful. I want the Dominican Republic to win as much as anybody back home, but I also want to be able to help the team.

Francisco Cordero

We've seen it before and we didn't want to quit on an inning. It gives us momentum but the momentum is only as good as your starter taking the mound.

Billy Gardner

I've been a starter in this league a long time. I've come off the bench some years, too. I've been effective at both. So for me to step in in the absence of somebody and start and be effective, that shouldn't be a surprise to no one.

Clifford Robinson

They were in midseason form during the summer. They lost one starter off a great team. They're even better this season.

Todd Whetsel

There is always a chip on my shoulder when I`m out there, ... I`m playing to be a starter. I`m not playing to be a backup. I`m just out there trying to do what I can and figure out my role on this team and just perfecting it.

Marcel Shipp

Nick made it as a starter a year earlier than we thought.

Ted Guscoff

He basically has a patent on that type of performance. He's done a great job as a both a closer and set-up man for us before, so it was nice to see him pitch well as a starter, too.

Brendan Callahan

I use all my pitches that way. As a reliever, you throw heat more than anything. As a starter, you mix it up a little more. I like it that way.

Roman Colon

I was ready to go. I've been a starter my whole career. I was trying to get quick outs and save some bullets for the later innings.

Rob Bell

These girls set out from the first day of practice to win it again this year. We only lost one starter from last year's team, so we had a very experienced team.

Mike Bennett

Carl definitely could become a starter, you bet.

Keith Gilbertson

She wanted to be a varsity starter very badly. You could see she had the potential, but whenever she got on the floor, she wanted to prove too much to me.

Jackie Parsley

Brent is the starter, but I want to be prepared as much as I can be for when I'm called upon. Spring is a great opportunity to make plays and show what I can do.

Seth Adams

Obviously I think enough of (Mayo) to be a starter. That's what we've done, and he's earned that. I feel good about him playing.

John Chavis

That's news to me if Marvin's the starter.

Randy Edsall

I want to show them I can be a starter. I feel ready to be a starter. But I'll do whatever they want me to do.

Francisco Liriano

In our case, we like a longer season variety. The index showed that with a starter, we'd likely get a yield boost in just one year out of eight. We figured we'd have a better chance of getting higher yields by focusing on getting our entire crop planted earlier.

Blake Heller

That was one of the bright spots for us. We kept chipping at them. We have to play well for longer stretches. With only one starter returning, we're still trying to get acclimated to varsity play.

David Harvey

We've got Denver coming up, ... I'm preparing like I'm a starter. That's what you have to do whether you're a starter or a backup.

Sage Rosenfels

You're just one play away at all times and you've got to be ready and into the game for when you're called upon if something would happen to the starter.

Matt Schaub

Dobbins can be much better than last year. At this time last year, we didn't know where Dobbins would play - whether it would be as a starter or a backup. We didn't desert him; we worked with him, and he ended up being defensive newcomer of year.

Dan Mccarney

I don't think so because his focus now is to continue playing in this league. His focus now is to get on another team and eventually be a starter. That remains his goal. His NFL days aren't over yet.

Bill Palmer

When you lose someone like Mark (Lyons), who is a starter, of course it is going to have an effect. But that isn't why we lost. Albany played great, played tremendous defense, and forced us into turnovers.

Mark Sausville

It's like he's been the starter. He made all the checks at the line like he's been doing this all along.

Johnnie Morton

He's a kid that's got four pitches for strikes. When you can do that you can be effective. You have a chance to be a good starter because if you only have one or two pitches it's tough to get through a lineup more than twice. But he's a kid who has pretty good command of four pitches.

Joe Hudak

Their starter did a heck of a job. He did everything a pitcher's supposed to do really. You're going to have games like that. You just have to learn from it and go on.

Jim Gabella

He's a great student, a concert pianist, takes jazz lessons, and has dealt with family challenges. He's very motivated in all he does. If you show him a new soccer skill, he'll disappear for an hour with a ball until he can do it. He's a self-starter that gets a lot done in a day.

Dave Woolley

Trent's the starter, and he has been doing a great job, ... When it's my turn to go in the game, I just try to go out there and do the best I can and keep learning from him.

Charlie Frye

We feel like he can be a starter in this league, and we don't feel like there's much lost if one our linebackers goes down because of his versatility.

Keith Butler

I go in thinking about whatever they'll let me do at the big-league level. You never know what happens. This is a funny game. Obviously, I've always been a starter. I love to start. But I also loved my time in the big leagues, and that's going to come first right now. I'm happy with whatever role they'll let me have at the big-league level.

Adam Wainwright

He's competing to be a starter right now. He's pitched well. We'd like to have him be a starter. I think he has better command and his changeup and slider are much better.

Frank Cruz

We have a relatively young team with Keith Overton (160-pounder) the only senior starter.

Kevin Huck

We have talented guys, and my job really is to get those people the football. As a backup, you just want to go in and not have any hiccups when the starter is out of the game. Just move the ball and have things work. It's like being an offensive lineman in some ways -- you don't want to be noticed. That's fine with me. I don't need a lot of attention, don't want it.

Tim Hasselbeck

Mac needs to come into spring ready to get a lot of innings. I'm not going to say he's our long guy or our seventh-inning guy or a spot starter, but he is a reliever right now until further notice.

Don Cooper

Holly is an outstanding hockey player. She's definitely been a great addition to our program. She has eased right into being a first-year starter.

Sally Starr

I think he's more suited for the bullpen. I've been wrong before about players, and I'd like for him to show he's a starter.

Pete Mackanin

Stephen is a three-year starter, and he provides us a lot of leadership and poise. He's elevated his game to a new level.

Scott Hicks

This whole week we're going to experiment with our lineup. Every player on our team is a starter. We're going to keep working and we'll get better.

Chuck Huggins

She was a three-year starter and she had great all-around skills. She'll be tough to replace.

Ron Ence

It's hard to be opinionated about a role until the games start. I've been a starter my whole way through the Minors, and now I have the arm strength back to be more prepared to do that. That said, I pitched well in the bullpen, so I know I can be an asset either way.

C.j. Wilson

I'm not a fourth outfielder and I'm not a Minor Leaguer. I think I've done enough to prove I'm a Major Leaguer. ... I expect to be a starter. I'm not a backup. I'm good enough to be a starter here. I've shown I can play.

Joey Gathright

He certainly hasn't lost anything in his arm strength and his ability. He had his career-best season as far as touchdown passes were concerned last year (in Miami). I've got a great working relationship with him, and he does a great job of working hand in hand with the starter. And that's what was important to me in this position.

Scott Linehan

It's a lot better because we didn't know who the starter was going to be until the Thursday before the first game. Right now, we know who's going to be the guy on September 11, which is Gus, unless something else happens.

Randy Mcmichael

He's been a four-year starter and averaging a little over 10 points and six rebounds a game for his career. He's never been an all-conference player, but he's certainly a candidate this year.

Warren Caruso

Jon is a returning starter who provides experience. He has good size and is strong with both feet.

Dick Nyman

For us, it started with the starting pitching struggling. That was the key. When you can't get a solid performance out of your starter then you're in trouble. Getting up 2-0 was nice but we struggled on the mound.

Josh Burkett

Danielle Ryan is my lone senior starter and she did a nice job getting the ball to [Shields].

John Diehl

We really got after their starter, and then we got into their bullpen, and that helped us out.

Jim Bagnall

I could sense he was a little bit nervous. He had been the starter here for a couple of years. He came in kind of quiet, and we knew that had to change.

Dan Mullen

He gives us a great spark off the bench. He's like a starter.

Charlie Ereaux

He's been a two-year starter there and is certainly working on improving his game. We're looking for some depth there and someone who can challenge him.

David Elson

Going in and not being the starter, you kind of get thrown into the situation so you don't have too much time to think about it, ... Once I got that first ball out of my hands, I was fine.

Ryan Fitzpatrick

He's our senior starter, and if we had an ace, he'd be it.

Kalem Norton

He's 24 years old, a power pitcher. We look at him as a starter. He has a plus fastball, and had some success in the major leagues last year.

Jon Daniels

I've been through them a bunch of times, and every competition is different, ... I just have to go out and practice and prepare as if I'm the starter, and hopefully that's good enough to be the starter and lead the team.

Gus Frerotte

He's been a three-year starter on both sides of the ball. As a running back and a linebacker, our opponents always had to know where he was.

Pat Farrell

It's not pressure. I came in wanting to be the starter, but I had to compete for the position. Most of the pressure is off now. I know I'm the guy, and I have to be ready.

Dixie Wooten

He's a three year starter for us who knows how and when to make crucial tackles throughout the game.

Doug Guillory

Ashley has the potential to see some vault down the line, but I she her as a starter on floor for us. She is a beautiful dancer and has some really nice skills. Right now Lauren is a great kid working hard in floor, beam and vault.

Mark Stevenson

By no definition are the others out of the running. We'll go through the summer and a brief part of fall camp before naming a starter.

Bill Cockhill

He's been a starter for us for the last two years. He's been a high scorer on the outside and is good at hitting three-pointers.

Lester Funk

A.J. is the only starter back. We lost our 1-2 and 4 pitchers. We have a lot of freshmen playing.

Dave Pano

These guys could have a starter or key player get hurt and still win games.

Joe Mantegna

It was a big boost of confidence to be a starter. Our team had a winning record and I showed what I can do when I play up to my potential.

Tristan Welch

None of our freshmen have reached their potential. Tricia has done a good job as a starter and is growing into her role as a scorer, despite being up and down. Vanessa is gaining confidence and is probably the most improved of the new players, and Brittany is a lot better than when she arrived.

Jason Hoseney

Liz was our best hitter. She is a three-year starter, and is very strong. She could hit the ball real hard.

Bill Wolf

Katie gave us a lift — I would definitely agree with that. We've been bringing her off the bench, but I think she's a starter. I suspect we'll make a change in the next game.

Bill Laimbeer