Johnny Damon Quotes on Baseball (12 Quotes)

That's why he's the best closer, at least over the last 10 years, ... He didn't miss a pitch. He was right on that corner, give or take the size of a baseball. The guy is good.

When it was asked if I would represent my country, there was no hesitation. I am proud to live in a land with freedom where we can even have this type of baseball tournament. Rest assured it will be great days for fans. It's just awesome to represent our country.

I think both sides have pretty much gotten over it. I've gotten over them and they've gotten over me. It's time to get ready for the baseball season.

That's old news now. I've had this new team for a long time, almost four months, so it doesn't matter. I think both sides are pretty over it. It's time to get ready for the baseball season.

I'm excited for the country. I'm excited for my father, who fought. I'm excited for this game of baseball. This game is a lot more than the steroid scandals, it's a lot more than juiced-ball theories. It's stood the test of time, and this is just another way to help it along.

It's such a great thing, it's something that needed to be done. There has been so much negative stuff going on with baseball. We need to represent our country proudly and with respect. This tournament is a playoff atmosphere, except it has people being proud of their heritage. It's awesome.

I'm here to play baseball. The contract stuff, that's something that may have and could have been taken care of a long time ago. But I'm out to win right now. Everybody wants to know about my contract status. All I want to know about is reaching the playoffs. That's about it.

I'm excited Boston is where I've had my greatest memories of playing baseball. To me, it's just playing baseball games. I'm looking forward to going there and getting it over with.

It was a pretty tense game. Fortunately, we're 1-0 right now. They battled us. It shows you that the rest of the world has caught up to the U. S. in baseball.

Billy Mueller's my favorite ballplayer, ... I keep telling my son every time he watches the game to watch this guy. He's a guy who earns every bit of his success out on the baseball field the way he approaches the game, the way he plays, switch-hitting. That's the kind of ballplayer I want my son to be.

It's something that happens year in and year out in baseball players change teams. This was a part of it. It happened -- I'm over it, so they've got to get over it.

We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun.