The ball was flying today. Certainly, for us in the ninth, thankfully, it flew with Chipper's bat and Andruw's. That, hopefully, will erase what was an ugly eighth inning. |
The doubts are going to be there, ... But I think I have a lot of pitching left in me. |
The fact that we've won division titles in such strange ways every single year, I don't think there is one thing you can say other than Bobby Cox. |
The fastball is as good as it's ever been with location. |
The good and the bad about my body is that when something happens, it acts adversely, ... But then I can get well real quick. ... I'm still pretty confident I have enough time to do that. |
The home runs just shocked me. We needed to win, and the guys came through. I knew if I could keep it close, that we would have a chance. |
The only way it?s bad for the game is if a guy is falsely accused. That?s bad. To be thought lesser than your talent, lesser than what you deserve to get credit for because of what somebody wrote, that?s the greatest travesty. That?s why you should hold onto people?s words as long as you can, until you absolutely know the truth. |
The pitch to Reyes was the make-it or break-it pitch of the game. He beat our defense because I made a bad pitch. |
The reason why we're seeing such a great celebration is we realize how hard we've worked, ... This truly is a dream season. I didn't think it was possible in May. I didn't think it was possible from the time we left spring training with all the things we were dealing with. I mean, who could imagine 12 rookies coming up here at different times? |
There's a perception problem in Atlanta with the bullpen. It's hard to let go of the past. As soon as something goes wrong, everyone says, 'Here we go again. |
There's not a better manager they could play for. He's patient. He's been through it all. He can explain things to them. He lets the veterans guys enforce the rules in the clubhouse, and the rest is history. |
They've all been great games. Concentration isn't an issue when you're facing a guy like him. It's really their lineup that provides the most problems. You just hope to keep it close. |
This has got to rank right up there with anything he's ever done, ... Look, we've all come back on three days' rest before. But he's forty-three . |
This has to rank right up at the top [of Clemens' career accomplishments]. We've all worked on short rest before, but not at 43 years old. |
This is for all the nay-sayers. This is for all the ones that said there's no way this can continue ... to the ones that are waiting for the next debacle. |