Sammy Sosa Quotes (31 Quotes)

Neither Dusty Baker or Sammy Sosa would comment on their closed-door meeting, prompted by Baker's earlier statement that Sosa was sensitive ... you just can't lose him psychologically and spiritually.

It really shocked (me) and breaks my heart. The quicker we can resolve this problem, which is bad for kids (the better).

You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

Everything I have heard about steroids and human growth hormones is that they are very bad for you.

In the time that I was there I respected everyone, ... I'm hurt that someone would say that. I ask myself why someone would say I had a problem with Miguel I've always respected him. I'm not a person that likes to create controversy. For Hendricks to say that I was the reason Miguel had problems this year is wrong.

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.

Those are some of the best players ever to play the game, ... It's not a record that's easy to attain.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

This is our time. This is our chance to win the division.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

A hit is a hit, ... any time.

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.

a hero in two countries.

I'm not frustrated. I go out there and try to do the things that I have to do every day, work hard at everything. I'm in a different league and everybody who's played this game sometimes has got to go through tough times, and now it's happening to me. So I've got to deal with it.

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

I thought it had enough to go out of the ballpark,

I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.

People were talking (stuff), knowing nothing. They don't know I feel.Why am I going to be hiding from Chicago For what That I'm scared Never.

If I'm available, of course I'm going to play, ... I know how to play. I know it has not been one of the more beautiful years I've had in my career. You have to keep fighting.

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.

I'm real happy my name is in the record book, but it means nothing because we lost.

I didn't have the season that I wanted to have because I changed leagues and had a lot of adjustments to make, ... I know that's not an excuse.

Everyone knows that what happened to me is great, but at the other side I care about winning. I care about the team and the situation right now.

It's going to be unbelievable, you know. There's going to be a lot of people cheering for Mark McGwire and me. And, hey, we'll see how it goes.

I feel pain but not that much pain, ... It was right under the nail and right in the middle. That's where the pain is. It's something I've got to deal with.

At first I thought sixty-one was something special. The sixty-one was something that reminded me of Mark. He hit sixty-one and sixty-two against us. Then I got sixty-two. It was something unbelievable. I couldn't believe what I was doing. I couldn't believe what was happening.

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.

It's got to happen, ... We've been scuffling a little bit. When you come here and play against a team that's playing good baseball and fight for it and win, it's a good feeling.

I'm not thinking about that, but I'm not going to lie to you - I'm having a good time.