Johnny Damon Quotes on Time (26 Quotes)

I wish I had more hits and runs and more wins for this team. It comes in time. I understand it's a game and some are going to be better than others. Hopefully for this team there's a lot of better days to come.

Johnny Damon , the Red Sox' center fielder who is in the final year of his contract, said he and his agent are waiting to hear from the team to begin talks on a contract extension. I'd like to finish up my career here and get locked up for a long time, ... I know it's always been Red Sox policy to wait until after the season, but that can get hairy. I don't want to be looking over my shoulder at the All-Star break and thinking, 'OK, what's going on here.'

It wasn't up to me to wait all this time. I said I always wanted to be back. The ownership just had their own agenda about how they take care of things. That's fine.

Baltimore plays us tough all the time, but we caught them towards the end of the season. There's been a lot going on here. That was a positive for us.

I definitely think he's getting better. He's throwing 95 at times and throwing more pitches every outing. By the time the postseason comes, he should be our No. 1 again.

We don't care about how we get there, as the East winner or the wild card, we just want to get to the playoffs. It's the most important thing. We're going to be gunning for these teams and this is the time of year for the Red Sox to show that we can shine.

I think it's the way things show up in writing. I'm not angry. I'm happy. They wanted to move on and I have moved on. I wish them luck. Things happen all the time. Change happens.

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've been excited the whole time. It's something we have to take great pride in, and hopefully the guys will show up and be ready to play. I know I am.

It's frustrating any time you lose, but to lose in that fashion, it's on the offense. Our pitching staff did a great job, we just couldn't help them out.

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.

We understand the sign, but we also understand that the U.S. is counting on us to win this tournament. Yankee fans do expect to see Jeter, A-Rod, myself and Bernie Williams there, but with the Classic going on they had to lose some players for some time.

It caught me by surprise. I kind of heard stories that him and Boston had agreed on a contract and what not, and I hear today that he declined and he might just take some time off. Theo is a very bright guy. I'll always wish him the best. He was always honest with me and was great for the Red Sox.

Yankees fans do expect to see Jeter, A-Rod, myself and Bernie Williams. But with this Classic going on, we had to lose some players for some time. I understand the sign, but hopefully we'll put on a showing for the U.S. team.

It's a short tournament, though, and anything can happen. Hopefully we get hot at the right time.

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

I've told him it's a lot different. It's not in your face all the time.

All these guys are going out and playing hard, we're just not coming through right now. We're going through a rough time, but we still have our heads above water. We're going to be fine.

There's a chance this could be one of the best of all time.

He's been pretty incredible for the last couple of months. We just need to score him some runs. He's been awesome. Not just recently, but he's been around for a very long time. He's what Boston is all about.

I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.

We're three games up. We know this isn't going to be over any time soon. All we can do is go out and play to win, and hopefully the Yankees lose some games before they come see us.

At the time, a lot of people were miserable because there was an ownership change. There was really a lot of uncertainty with coaches, with players, but things ended up being great.

He's still pretty intimidating when you step in the box against him. I'm hoping this was my last time.

We weren't done yet. We feel we can score three runs at any time.

I'm going to spend a lot of time with these guys and I want to get off to a good start, say 'Hi' and kind of get things rolling. This is going to be my family for this season, the next four seasons.