Johnny Damon Quotes (197 Quotes)


    That was good, just seeing Keith out there, doing his thing. He's only going to get better.

    He's a lot happier playing the game than I've seen him for a couple of years. He loves to hit he always has. Now that he's healthy, I think he's going to have a big season. This is just the start.

    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.

    We have to try and forget this as quick as we can. This is a devastating loss.

    We have to play well. If we don't play well, we won't get to the playoffs or get deep into October. It's ours to lose.


    I seem to have gotten rid of that. I should be good to go. I plan to be in the field come Wednesday night. My legs are in pretty good shape now, but playing in the field will definitely help me out and get me more prepared.

    It's not good anytime you blow a game. The only thing we can do is go out there and give Mo another chance tomorrow.

    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.'

    Many thought he was done years before this, but he keeps coming back, as good or better than ever.

    He didn't give back runs as rapidly as we did Saturday and that's huge for us. It takes a lot to score runs. Some days it seems pretty easy, but when you keep giving up runs, it takes the wind out of your sails.

    Could Johnny Damon envision himself in Yankees pinstripes I know what I mean to the Red Sox, and I would love to end my career here, ... I can't even think about it until I'm out of a Red Sox uniform.

    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.

    I couldn't get back fast enough. It just beat me. I couldn't get as high as I wanted to. I have to make that catch.

    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 was making sure he would take me out to get some sushi this year, take me to some good Japanese restaurants. I told him I'll take him to some good Thai restaurants.

    Normally, our bats will get us back in it, but that didn't happen today.

    This is one of the greatest seasons in Major League Baseball history. It's a whirlwind. It's a circus. Every single game. We just need to play better baseball so we can join the circus.

    It's a whirlwind, it's a circus every game. We have to play better baseball so we can enjoy the circus.

    I know we'll have this game in the back of our minds for the rest of our lives. It might just be as close to the World Series as you might ever get without actually getting there. We wanted to, we tried to erase a curse. It seems that curse will be around for another year.

    I apologized to Alex last Opening Day. I told him it came out the wrong way. We were just trying to sell books.

    We don't care how we get there, ... just as long as we're there.

    We scored runs. He didn't give them back as rapidly as we did. David Wells knows how to pitch and we need him to have a great month of September and get us back to where we need to be.

    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.

    As long as he can cut down the angles, maybe work it so where he has some shorter throws, he'll be fine. He knows the pitching staff, so he knows how to position himself. I don't think he's going to give center fielders a bad name. He's a solid player.

    They came back and kept scoring. It definitely takes some wind out of your sails. There was a lot of running for us out there -- there has been for a while. We definitely need to get better. We know how good we are. Hopefully we can come out tomorrow and change it up.

    He's the best pitcher in the American League, period. Fortunately, he didn't have his A game. That shows how good he is.

    That was some really strong stuff he put in his body. He's had to live with it. He's put earplugs in. That's something that goes with testing positive when he strongly denied it.

    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.

    This is Boston, ... You're going to have roller coasters. We need to climb to the top.

    We need to win tomorrow. We have to slow down the momentum they have and give us a chance.

    In the past, we always knew we had to make up ground. Now we need to extend our ground. Hopefully, that starts tomorrow night.

    This 'no trade' is probably the biggest thing the Red Sox ever did. There's no way we could survive without Manny for two months of a playoff run. With one swing of the bat, Manny makes a difference, just like he did today.

    We need to play better on the road and this is the perfect time to do it.

    (Red Sox) fans are going to be upset. I hope they remember the great World Series and the three out of four years we made the playoffs. I appreciate them. I tried to come back.

    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.

    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 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.

    Let's hope so. We've still got to play well.

    That can't go unnoticed. You look at his numbers and he's had a great career. I don't know how many years he wants to play, but Bernie is going to have a much bigger role than maybe people think. He's going to be valuable to us.

    I thought the first day was awesome. It's great to see a lot of the fans accept me as being a Yankee. You feel proud because you know what you've done over your career and you know what your reputation is, and they know what I can bring to New York.

    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.

    He's always given me trouble. Mike has so many arm angles and he knows how to spot his pitches. He can set you up with that change-up and then throw a fastball right by you.

    I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.

    I'm sure it would have been fine. Alex is so into his daughter and family anyway, it wouldn't have been any issue.

    There was no pain whatsoever. I loosened up and threw the ball fine. I'm going to go at it the way I have to. If I have to make the throw I'll do it. I'm not too concerned about it. My arm feels good.

    He's our ace. We're going to keep going out there and patting him on the back. It's a tough loss. He's going to be fine against New York. It could come down to that one game, I know Schilling will show up.

    This place is magical and the team that we had here was very special, I know that with my personality I can pretty much be happy anywhere.

    More times than not, he's going to come through. He threw some tough pitches on the outside of the plate to get him looking out there, then he threw a perfect pitch in. Shields was an All-Star for a reason.

    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.

    We're playing baseball now. We were definitely embarrassed the way we were playing the game earlier in the season.


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