I'll miss it to a certain extent, but I've always said when the time comes (to retire) I would know it and I'd quit doing. I felt like this was the time. |
I'll talk to Tony and see what he wants me to do. I don't want to step on feet and get in people's way. I'll do whatever I can for him. If he needs me to throw (batting practice), I'll throw. |
I'm still grateful I get the honor to put my country's name on my chest as a coach. |
I've never been a fan of guys who retire and then un-retire, |
I've never heard 43,000 people get so quiet so quickly, ... You could barely hear and then boom, the only noise you heard was our dugout. |
I've never heard 43,000 people just shut up like that. The noise just ... wasn't there. |
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up just like that. |
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up so fast. The only thing you could hear was our bench. |
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up, just like that, in my life. One second, you could barely hear in here. And the next second, all that noise was gone. And the only noise you could hear was on our bench. |
If I don't play next season, I won't be in any shape to play in the tournament, |
If we could get the fans here to wear what they want while we're batting and then when they come up to bat, if everyone would put on a black shirt, it would really help us out in the field, ... The glare from the red and white people are wearing makes it hard to pick the ball up off the bat. |
If we have more heart and desire than they do -- and I believe we do -- we'll do OK. Baseball is not a game played on paper. On paper, they win. |
If you can't feel relaxed around Reggie Sanders, you're a nervous and self-conscious person. They could lock you into a room of strangers, and you would feel like you were his brother right away. |
In a lot of places this would've come off hokey because there's not the tradition this place has. It works here because it's not contrived. It's genuine. It's real. |
It felt good, especially with the way the night was going. I think I had a fan in right field yell at me and tell me I [stink]. Hopefully I changed his mind for one night. |