Aaron Rowand Quotes (70 Quotes)

They're not moving. I ran into them enough times, and they're still not moving. Thanks for (chairman) Jerry Reinsdorf for putting more padding on the wall.

He's definitely a leader on this team. He's been here, probably outside of Frank, the longest on this team. He knows this organization and most of us have played together for quite some time. Everybody looks up to Paul as a leader and team captain, whatever you want to call him.

This is the biggest one they make, too. I fouled a changeup off the pad, and then a curveball catches me on the shin.

Through all of the choke talk and everything else that was said, this team really stuck together when the chips were down and we weren't playing as well together as we knew we could. Everybody stuck together and nobody paid attention to that and we were all a unit, and it paid off in the end.

The Sox never did anything like this, going from city to city, mall to mall. It's been a surprise with all the people who have turned out.

I'll wear it with pride, all the time.

We've got to worry about ourselves right now and take it one game at a time. At the end of the day, we'll look up at the scoreboard and see what Cleveland did, but we need to worry about our ballgames and leave it at that.

You're not always going to get out of the gate going good. The best thing you can do is look forward to the next day. If you dwell on this, and let it beat you up, you're going to kill yourself.

You've got to string hits together at the right time. You could get 16 hits, two hits in eight innings, and not score any runs. It's about getting hits at the right time.

That's why you play, isn't it I won a world championship last year, and the feeling is incredible. It's hard to describe. You have to go through it and experience it.

We know the dates. But nobody here was alive in 1959. And most of our parents weren't even born in 1917. That's for the media and the fans to talk about. We have to focus on what we need to do, and you can tell by the way we're playing that we're doing that.

After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.

I think there's not enough made about the chemistry of a team and the ability of everybody to pull on the same end of the rope and worry about what matters, and that's wins.

Obviously, it'd mean a lot to fans and baseball historians and stuff like that. But we're not worried about that. We're worried about the 25 guys in here.

Guys were trying to get the job done today. But it just didn't happen for us.

I was just trying to pay attention to the way the ball flew and the way it came off the bat. It's a great ballpark. Beautiful.

Any time you put yourself in an unnecessary spot off the field, you learn a lesson. This is my livelihood, not only for me, but for my family and kids. I have more things to think about than myself.

It's a life-altering thing. I used to do a lot of stupid things snow ski, jet ski, snowboard, ride my dirt bike, dune buggy. I grew up doing all that stuff and had never gotten seriously hurt. I took it for granted, and it came back to bite me in the butt

I've never had back-to-back plays like that. We had scouting reports, and both times they hit it the other way.

It's much more difficult getting a Gold Glove the first time than it is getting more than one.

When he gets on, he causes problems for the defense, steals a base here and there. It's huge for us.

I didn't even see the ball. I just saw Robb take off. Joey (Cora) was yelling at me, 'Go, go, go' So I tried to get up and get back on my horse. As soon as I could, I was out of gas. I thought I got my hand in there.

Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you make your own luck. You can learn from losing, as in what mistakes you made. I believe winning is an attitude. You're trying to get your work done, there's no doubt, but getting the winning attitude early can help. Winning helps the mental side of the game.

Watch Jason Johnson . That's the guy who really impressed us last season. He's going to be a real good one, real good.

I stop watching baseball when football season starts,

They've already been voted on, so there's no way of stiffing them out of money for the playoff share. You can give them grief all you want, but their line is that they were perfect for the series, that two-thirds of an inning they threw.

I think it builds confidence to know you can came back in situations like this. Next time we find ourselves in that situation, we know we can do it. We definitely have a group of guys who like being around each other. And I think something like this makes us even closer.

It all started the first inning when he got on base. Everybody in the dugout was like, 'All right, it's show time,'

It's wonderful being back here.

I'm surprised more guys didn't get thrown out by what was going on in the dugout. I thought we lost (first-base coach Marc Bombard), Chase and Charlie. I told (Howard) half our roster is gone. Sometimes that lights a fire under your (butt). It's nice that we came out and got the win, bottom line.

We're playing upside-down baseball. But that's been our story. There's always somebody doing something he's not accustomed to doing.

My friends who knew me in high school and college know I'm the same person. It's a high compliment to be thought of highly. People who know me know I'm fun-loving, carefree and happy to get paid to do what I do. I feel lucky to be where I'm at. Some people feel like they deserve to be here, instead of lucky to be here. That's never been me, and I don't think it will ever be. I enjoy getting down and dirty with any regular Joe.

We've played sloppy at times, and it's come back to bite us, but you have to try and look on the bright side. It's better to go through a stretch like this early and try to right the ship. If we dwell on what's happened so far, we're not going to be fully into Monday.

It's going to take some getting used to. I think it will probably take me about a week to get adjusted to the way the ball carries here and the tendencies in the gaps. I've been trying to pay attention in batting practice and make sure I keep my eyes on the ball and make sure I get there before the ball comes down so I can make any adjustments if I need to.

No win is an ugly win. At the end of the year, they all look beautiful.

There were a lot of questions about him. We played against him all the time when he was with Minnesota. Playing against him, you don't like him too much. Nobody on this team liked him too much when he was on Minnesota.

It's never good to lose, but every team goes through rough stretches. This game is momentum and you can see it over the course of a game. It carries onto day-to-day stuff, too. We're scuffling right now and pieces aren't fitting right together. It's part of the game, but we have to move on.

It will be nice to thank the fans for the time I was able to spend there.

I know we didn't like him a whole bunch when we played against him in Minnesota, (him) stepping on bats and throwing elbows and stuff like that, but that's him. He's a guy you love to have when he's on your team, but probably not a guy you enjoy playing against.

You have a tendency to try to want to impress regardless of what you've done in the past. It's just competitive nature. I really think I've been trying to hit the ball too hard instead of just doing what I know I'm capable of doing and trying to square the ball up.

We're trying to accomplish one goal. That's to get to the World Series. It takes everybody and today everybody contributed.

That's my Mercedes. It's my baby.

It's a miracle we actually gained a game on them.

My truck is my personality. I'm an energy guy. I'm not much of an introvert.

We swung the bats much better today than what we showed. We hit a lot of balls at guys that made some good plays. We caught break on the ball Jermaine hit.

I think people underestimate the ability of both these teams to score runs and the resiliency of both of us. You're going to have your good pitching outings and your big hitting outings. (Sunday) night, we came out on top but both teams are definitely capable of scoring runs.

I've bounced around so much that it doesn't matter where I hit. I'm comfortable anywhere.

tired, over and done with, and we have another game tomorrow.

But you know what I'll take any of that spooky stuff -- or whatever you want to call it -- every night if it can help us get to the ultimate goal. ... I don't know. It's destiny maybe. I don't want to say that, because it's not over yet. But if it happens

I guess you could use the words 'Steady Eddie.' He doesn't get too high or low. He's got a real calm demeanor to him. Pressure or no pressure, he gets the job done.