The term is willingness. We can have a lot of information that may help them as people and players. But it’s a two-way street. You have to be receptive to the information. You have to...

Tonight’s another case of what we’ve been dealing with the last few days. We pitched well enough to win, but didn’t hit well enough to win.

I’m anxious to see the real Oliver Perez. I want to see him step forward and become the Oliver Perez I know he is. What he did in 2005 is not anywhere near what he...

You make bad pitches to Major League hitters, they put the fat part of the bat on the ball. When you are involved in games like that, regardless of what stages it’s at, you don’t...

I won’t say where they are going to start. But he is the type of guy we are looking for to hopefully place in between two left-handers that have somewhat similar stuff and not give...

That’s basically what it boiled down to.

Once we get to the point of a second opinion and finding out exactly where that’s going to take us, that’s obviously the next thing that we’re waiting for. In the interim, there’s no need...

I think you bring the best out of your players when you sit and study and look very closely at what their capabilities are and then try to find situations where their talents have the...

It’s going to be tough to score off us in the latter part of the game. If a starter has the know-how and capability of getting 18 outs with a slim lead, we’re in pretty...

Oh, yeah, he can make the club. Is he going to make it? I don’t know the answer to that question today, but can he make the club? You’d better believe he can.

I did not want to overdo it [Wednesday]. I am a firm believer that too much information too quickly can short-circuit people. We take it very slowly and make sure the concepts are understood. We’ll...

I’m not advocating taking a ball on the first pitch every time up there. A couple of times (yesterday), the first pitch was there, and we swung at it. But I’m continuing to see these...

Oliver knows how to gear himself up for situations. But, while he was gearing up, he was maintaining his focus.

It was just sitting in the zone. Three runs, and we’re going to play catch-up from the top of the second inning on.

It doesn’t get any better than that. It’s what we’ve been talking about all spring – we went up there looking for something good to take a swing at.

They didn’t make the decision any easier. And that’s what you hope for. You want to have to make tough choices. This is not easy.

We got a solid pitching performance. Unfortunately, we got two hits.

It’s important that this entire group of players are involved.

Duaner was effective, but when you’re in a ballgame like that, you have no breathing room. And a leadoff double, when you’re dealing with the middle of their order, causes problems for you. Great pitches...

There wasn’t any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn’t ask for a better situation going into Colorado.

We’re not sitting here talking about it today if it had remained [in the clubhouse]. It was made public. A lot of information and feelings were expressed.

It’s nothing that surprised us. It’s all pre-existing. After they do those two spots, depending on how the progress is with his left wrist, they may have to do something with that, too.

Zach Duke, uncharacteristic of him, threw 46 pitches in the first two innings [of his first start]. The difference was the damage wasn’t as significant.

I’m certainly wondering about the one two-strike pitch that got called a ball. I’m really wondering about that one.

We obviously came to a point where there was a difference of opinion between Paul and I as far as how players are evaluated. It was basically how you look at and evaluate players, the...

You have to give Marquis credit. That was our quietest game this season.

We did everything we could, considering that one run won’t get you too far. We had to work hard for that one run.

Carelessness is not tolerated here any more.

Jose is the perfect National League player. A bench player with that kind of versatility is invaluable.

I think the personnel is here to get that done.

If you want to swing off of live pitching, go right ahead. But recognize the fact of what a strike is and what a ball is. Let’s get a good swing at a good pitch.

It looks like the better part of three weeks.

We’re scratching surfaces and laying the general framework. Things aren’t going to change dramatically other than the fact that we’ll be more detailed-oriented, and a few extra steps will be taken along the way.

Andrew losing his life at that age was as devastating to me as losing one of my own children. I’ll never forget Andrew as long as I live.

When he throws strikes and you have to figure out what he’s going to do next — you’re in trouble, he’s going to get you out.

Aggression is no reason to be foolish. The double play is one thing. Running into stupid outs? That’s even worse, in my opinion.

When he’s right, he’s throwing quality pitches down there.

In the second inning, his breaking ball for a strike early in the count was a lot better than it was in the first inning.

Think about the … significance of … how many at-bats he takes this year with men on base because the guy (Casey) hitting in front of him is going to be on base. There’s going...

You don’t want to see a guy go 3-2 on a hitter all the time. (Perez) attacked (yesterday) — that’s what I want to see.

I’m seeing good signs of improvement.

He is really coming along. He’s been really good.

We have a lot of different things to sort out, … He’s got a lot of different things to work out.

I laud my players, and I told them that, way back, playing in Philadelphia. The effort that they have given from day to day is noteworthy because, believe me … if you go back and...

I just have the feeling that Pittsburgh is the right place for me. Even though it’s a major city, it is a lot more like the place where I grew up. I really believe this...

That’s not bad for someone who came to spring training not guaranteed a job.

He was aggressive and went after hitters from the get-go. He threw his fastball for strikes early in the count and got ahead of hitters, which made his breaking stuff that much more effective. It...

D.J. wasn’t sharp, but they only scored in the one inning.

He gave up four solo homers and he didn’t let it bother him. We had a very good second inning with timely hitting. And we took advantage of a mistake.

It has been tremendous. The work ethic that has been put forth has been just great. The environment was very loose, which is what I like to see, and yet within the framework of that...