Oh believe me, I was fully aware and I tried as hard as I could, |
Oh, believe me, I was fully aware, ... I tried as hard as I could. There was not one moment when I let up or gave up on what I wanted to do. I just couldn't execute. I'm human. |
Opening Day? No. But, maybe one of the games at home. |
Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, threw the head of the bat on it and it hit the wall. I made the pitch I wanted to, and he happened to hit it. He's a strong kid. |
Please write that they were really, really nice - extremely nice - at Immigration. The court where they swore you in, the people were beautiful. |
Roger is probably the biggest freak I have ever seen in terms of how he keeps himself in shape. I can't imagine pitching like that at his age. |
Sammy told me it would be an honor to join me in New York. |
Seemed like it was going to be an easy day at the office for the whole team. It was, only for me. |
That ball just got away. That pitch wasn't really that far in. He leaned over (the plate). |
That really never happened to me before, ... I learned something different. Franco was running, and I knew I had to try to get him. I looked at the replay and the coach never sent [Giles]. He just ran like somebody was chasing him. |
That shows you that any mistakes you make are going to be costly. Lucky for me I made one mistake and it was only two runs. |
That was a courageous play he made. He stayed in there. |
That was just nice and easy, and pretty much just trying to realize what is it that I'm really doing. The mound is going to throw me down, forward toward the plate. |
That's why I showed up early. I need to have some time to work out and figure this out. I'm going to pitch against the best hitters in the world. It's going to be difficult. |
The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility. |