Buck Martinez Quotes on Time (11 Quotes)

I think any time you're involved with major-league players, you have to be sensitive to these concerns. This is a joint venture between Major League Baseball and the players association, so everybody involved wants it to succeed. Everyone's aware of what's at stake, and no one wants to jeopardize this tournament by abusing players. You play to win, but within the parameters.

As far as the roster, obviously we have continued to have informal talks. Nobody has reached out to anybody at this point, and we're going to get through this night and then we'll have time.

It's a very helpless feeling. We had the same feeling watching Mexico play Canada (last week). There was a lot of anticipation, a lot of anxiety. Once again, the nuances of international play change dramatically from what we're used to. At the same time, we are understanding of the situation. But it's an anxious time.

He can throw any of his pitches over at any time and he's got a lot of competitive spirit. He's a lot like Roger Clemens in that regard. He loves to pitch in games like this.

We need to give (everybody) the opportunity. They made a commitment to us, and I made a commitment to them. At the same time, they now understand what the goal is here, and that is to advance.

Tom was very helpful to me. I'm going to remember him in his good days, like 1993 when he was the toast of the country, helping fans enjoy the time of their lives.

I'm sure there are some disappointed people (in Tampa). . . . But at the same time, this might just be a little bit of a higher calling every four years to come and represent your country.

You can see by the number of closers we have, we have a chance to see some pretty short innings. We're going to be very aware of trying to keep guys from entering in the middle of the inning due to the timing of this thing, but at the same time, we feel we have a lot of depth.

You know, I honestly haven't seen it, not because I've chosen not to see it, but I haven't had the opportunity to see it. ... But I felt like, at the time, when I saw it with my naked eye, I thought he left early. That's why I made the appeal.

There's not a man on this team who doesn't want to give him that ball one more time.

I sensed it was a kind of a bitter moment for them both. I've known them both for a long time, and we really thought they would bring a lot to our team. Then we got down into the numbers of the things and it just didn't work out.