Roger Clemens Quotes (159 Quotes)

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I figured I'd get strike one on the kid with a fastball, 92, 93 mph, and he runs into it. So, of course, I was a little pissed. I said, 'OK, if that's the way it's going to be.' So next time up, I went in on him.

These are really good games, fun to pitch in and fun to battle in, but I wish they'd come out on our side a little more often.

It's damage control. You want to stay away from a big inning, ... I've been in this game long enough to know that you're going to get tested. Throughout the ballgame, at least twice, you're going to have to get out of trouble.

I feel very blessed that she's at peace now. The last 10 years were hard on her, the last 2-3 days were grueling, ... But she was very tough to the end. She didn't want to give up.

I've been in a lot of wonderful playoff games, wonderful World Series games, but never anything like this. This game here was incredible.

I've always told him, 'I'll be there, Roger,' ... There are some times you just don't let your kids down. You make that extra effort, because they want you there.

I planned on pitching the whole time, ... No way I was going to run out on the team.

I don't think that guys need to even concern themselves with if Washington is going to help us or not. Just go out there and do it.

I'm happy for all these kids, ... Just like I told our guys, the other guys in the clubhouse, hopefully it won't be for a few more weeks, but when I do look back on these years here, it's been a privilege to play with these professionals.

My body feels great, arm feels good. I just need the conditioning with my legs.

There will be a week I get up and I feel like I can do it again and then the next week, I don't want to get out in the outfield and start running those poles and doing those things. If last year's World Series was it for me, I'm more than happy. I know we didn't reach our ultimate goal, but it was a lot of fun. I have a lot to think about.

Hopefully, we're moving into reaching for higher places, ... The opportunity is there. You know, we see it and hear it and it might not come around again and we might not have that opportunity. We know that there are a handful of us that are a little bit older on this club and might not get that chance, so in that sense there is an urgency.

It was great to see him today.

Now, we sit back and watch Roy do his thing.

There are a few guys (on the Mexican team) that we do know, that I'm able to recognize and realize what they can and can't do. But as it goes on now, we're able to get a little more film. I'll look over what Jake did, and some of our other right-handers, and then I'll make my assessment from there.

It's Houston, Texas, New York and Boston. I love all those places, they have great players that I respect very much.

I ponder to myself, ... this could be my last couple of starts, or the last one. It was a real hard decision for me to continue to play because I felt I had touched just about every aspect of this game that I could. I never want to look back. I want to make sure that I put all my energy, all of my efforts into this game.

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home.

Location was a lot better than what I expected and the breaking ball is ahead of schedule.

All of these guys had great years, ... Obviously, I knew Jeff and he told me about his younger brother before. I've had the opportunity to talk with the J.P. and Wade as well. They all have a lot of character, will and desire.

I was trying to find some rhythm after my last start, throwing my last two innings with just my arm, ... This time around I was trying to get the mechanics down and get good pitches, and I wasn't able to do it.

I was pitching 100 at this time of year regardless. It was my job after the guys came out and put the numbers on the board -- threw strikes, not walk anybody, get them back in and swinging the bat a little bit.

You knew when it got late, Phil looked at me, ... There's been three or four times throughout the year he asked me how I felt I was swinging the bat or if got my spikes handy. I didn't think he was serious, and he probably wasn't. But the look that he gave me this time was very serious, and there was no kidding about it. And so I got out to the bullpen.

When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.

I'm just going to treat it all week, ... My next outing is Friday on the road (at Milwaukee). So I'll start (today) rehabbing and getting ready to go again.

I think steroids are great for my mother because she needs them. To keep her health. I think they hurt the athletes. They make us break down and do too many things. We've already gone through the proper channels to be tested and to clean it up and, so, we're on our way to do it.

I'm excited about it because I never had the opportunity to do the Olympics.

I get my determination from her, ... She told me to go to work.

I'm excited to be a part of it. Obviously. this is a good group of guys. We'll be ready to go.

He wanted to give us his congratulations, ... I expect nothing less from Joe. It was great to hear his voice, and he wished us luck.

Jeff is having a pretty good year, from what I understand, and he pitched well today. He had a tremendous breaking ball and was able to spot his fastball. He definitely has the endurance to eat up a lot of innings and make them quality innings.

I listen to my sisters who are living in Georgetown with her. They said this is different. So I've been traveling back and forth and I thought at one point she would be able to battle back a little bit, but this one wasn't looking good. I went back up there (Tuesday), spent the evening with her and most of this morning. I feel very blessed that she's at peace now because the last 10 years was hard on her and the last two to three days were grueling. But she was very tough to the end.

And what about his competitive spirit Will it ever be quite the same since the death of his 75-year-old mother, Bess, in September She was my strength. She's always been my will. She was really my father and my mother, ... She was always my first phone call.

I don't bat an eye at stuff like that. I've had my share of wins. If I worried about the games I should have won, it would probably drive me crazy. It was a fun game to pitch in.

You want unintentional comedy Just because you are getting whipped, ... you don't hit behind somebody's neck.

These people in greater Metropolitan Houston wanted him to play and recruited him, and it made a difference, ... And people seemed to totally and completely understand that he was doing it for the city and the community. And they've never forgotten that. So they adopted him, and he adopted them. And it hasn't hurt that he's performed remarkably for two years.

I was pitching 100 percent. I was on edge as much as anybody because we were kind of back into the corner a little bit. So I don't care who it is you're facing in this tournament.

I'm just glad we're advancing. As we move on, the games will be a little larger and our guys will not only be able to play a few more innings in the field but you'll be able to see a certain amount of pitchers be able to throw a few more innings.

It's very exciting to walk in today and see all the guys come together. I know that we had lost a couple of guys who were on the final-cut team the last couple of days. They didn't feel that they were ready to participate. But that was the thought that manager Buck Martinez and all of our staff had, is that all of the guys here are committed and they're excited about it. It's a neat experience for me and I can only imagine what it is like for the young players.

I'm going to enjoy this, the next two weeks. Good or bad, it won't factor into my decision.

I know he's looking forward to getting home, but this is exciting for him to be able to meet more of his future teammates, and it's great that I got to be able to see it, too. It's a great facility and a great campus. It's not like the minor league places I've been to.

I've been fulfilling some personal services (in his contract). I'm here for this, today.

Great theater. Whatever you want to call it.

I'm excited to be part of it. I've been looking forward to it ever since I heard the first details. Once I made the commitment, I've been excited.

We came back from so much this year. We came a long way last year, but this is even greater. I'm so proud of Roy, man. This kid is fun to watch, and he did it tonight.

I want to go watch it again, just to look at the details of everything that happened,

I told C. B., 'Don't pay attention to me today, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed,' ... I had a little fire in my belly.

I was pitching on all adrenaline and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate.