I don't care if we have to fly 6 hours or 10 hours. We have a chance to extend the postseason and get to where we want to be. |
I don't know if we're ready. I don't think we're July ready. But it's hard when you wear this uniform to go between the white lines and say, 'OK, I'm going to play 60 or 70 percent.' That's where I hope people don't get hurt, where your mind wants to be in July but your body is still in the middle of March. |
I don't know what happened, ... I think it was very costly, but at the same time we had our chances offensively. |
I don't know what happened. You'd have to ask Joe West. |
I don't know what it was. I couldn't see the damn thing. He had us all talking to ourselves, and nothing that was said was helpful. |
I don't know why he got ejected. We had 14 people in the dugout yelling at the umpire and I guess he just picked out the manager. There was no warning or anything. I think it helped us. |
I don't see it as a big deal at all, ... I look at it as a new challenge. I won two Gold Gloves and an MVP at shortstop. I thought I achieved just about everything personally at shortstop. Now it's time to win. I've always thought of myself as a team player. Playing third base is the ultimate team move. |
I don't think we're seeing colors in the other team's uniforms, ... We know each game is important whether it's Boston or Tampa. We need each game desperately, and we're playing that way. |
I don't want to talk about it, so many good things happened tonight. It feels like I got stung pretty good. |
I expect a lot out of myself. When I swing the bat really well, the boys roll. It's important for me to go out and take responsibility for what I have to do each and every day. |
I expressed to him that, as important as winning this thing is, my preparation for the season is the most important thing. Any time you're on the field, representing the U.S., it's an enormous responsibility; but for me, my whole goal in life is to win a world championship, and nothing goes in front of that. |
I feel more accepted in this clubhouse this year. I feel like I'm one of the guys in here now. And last year, it wasn't their fault, it was my fault. I was one person trying to get to know 100 people. You're going to have a better rapport with people in your second year than your first, this is a more comfortable feeling. |
I felt like if we could have delivered the knockout punch there, it could have been a long night for them, |
I got little bumps and chills when I saw my uniform, No. 13, Rodriguez, and I saw the USA, the red, white and blue, as corny as that sounds. |
I got little bumps and chills when I saw my uniform, the (number) 13 Rodriguez, and I saw red, white and blue. As corny as it sounds, I go back to my brother (Victor) who's fought in war and is a 30-year vet of the U.S. Air Force. It makes me very proud. |