It's nice to get your hits, but at the same time, it's more important to get good at-bats. Get good tracking and really get yourself prepared for opening day. |
It's obvious that he's going through a lot of things right now. The fact that he's out there tells you how important these games are for us and what kind of a person he is. In the state of mind he's in, for him to hit that ball the way he did, it was a great momentum changer for us. |
It's part of history for the school. |
It's sort of a weird feeling. |
It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better. |
It's very important. We want to win a lot of games like that this year. |
It's what I expect to do. I'm capable of doing that every day. |
It's what I've done my whole career. |
Jason is going to have a monster year for us. |
Joe DiMaggio is such an icon, he's almost like a cartoon character, ... I have so much respect for him. When it's all said and done, it's something you can look back on and say that you're proud to be mentioned in the same sentence as Joe. |
Johnny is absolutely tailor-made for New York. He has a great supporting cast, he's a fantastic player and getting better with age. He's the ingredient that we needed. |
Just to make it clear, I only spoke once and then I spoke again three months later. |
Just to make it clear, I only spoke once and then I spoke again three months later. All the garbage in between was major league baseball. I didn't go back and forth. I said once, 'I wasn't playing,' and then at the end I said, 'So OK, I am playing. |
Last time here, I was the biggest goat. Today, I get to be the hero. |
Last time I was here, things went really bad, not only for me, but for my team. And I look at it as an opportunity to start a new year, a new chapter. And ironically enough, I come up with a game-winning hit in this situation, where last year, I was the biggest goat, and today I get to be a hero. There's ... a lesson to be learned, I guess. |