It's great to have my name with those guys, the superstars, great players, All-Stars. But my job is to help my team to win and that's what I did. |
It's in the past. We have to win two more games. |
It's just an honor to get this award. I want thank all the players. It shows a lot of respect that the players have for me. There were so many players that had a great year. |
It's never over until you make 27 outs. |
It's not about me or anybody else on this team. It's about the guys like Nunez and Mabry and (Hector) Luna. Those guys have been unbelievable. It's about everyone. That's why this season has been so great. |
It's not like you're going to be gone for two months. |
It's pretty tough for the Dominican to put a team together because it's a third-world country, really poor, and sometimes it's pretty tough to even get David Ortiz or myself to represent in the Caribbean Series, which is a big deal. Sometimes you don't get permission from the organization. Our job is here [in U.S]. |
It's the best hit of my career, ... But it's what you do tomorrow. I don't look at the past, I don't even want to talk anymore about it. |
Izzy, I know he wanted to get that save right there, and he made a mistake. But we came out with a win, and everybody will forget about what happened. |
Like I say, he's probably the best closer in the game besides Mariano [ Rivera ] right now. He has probably the best slider in the game. I just want to get a good pitch to hit and just put my best swing [on it]. |
Marry Me Albert. |
Of course I'd take 40 homers, a .330 average and 100 RBIs, but it can be better. I want to get better every year. I never want to be satisfied. |
Our job is trying to get ready for the season, but we want to win this tournament and represent our country well. |
Sometimes you think, 'Why did this happen' ... That's why this game is so hard to figure out. |
That shows you right there that you don't need to hit the long ball to win games. You need to figure out how to win games. That's by stealing a base, bunting, a squeeze — whatever it takes. |