Andy Pettitte Quotes on World (11 Quotes)

We took a huge step to get to the World Series. We've got a taste of it now. It's the same old story. We need to keep the club together and look forward to next year.

It doesn't get any more exciting than what we went through in the last series with Boston. I think it was more a World Series for Boston. But this is the World Series. We'll be ready for that.

All you can say is, if a guy is tipping pitches, you just hope he and the pitching coach can work on it, look at some video or whatever, and see it, ... before you screw up in a World Series.

It's almost like I'm 24 again and I'm like, 'Man, we got to a World Series It's unbelievable,'

I want to help this team take that step to get into a World Series, ... For the organization and for the city, it's extremely important to me.

Really, the only pressure I've ever really felt has just come from myself, ... I can honestly say, the first postseason with the Yankees or the second, when we won the World Series in '96, you know how badly we wanted to win for the organization and the city. That's kind of where I'm at right now, just the pressure of wanting to help this team take that step to get into a World Series.

The main thing is that it's all happened so fast, ... When I signed here, it was to try to help the organization win a playoff series. I know when Roger signed, it was like 'O.K. We might have a chance to get to the World Series with this staff.' It's just amazing.

It was a little different for me here, because this just seemed like such a huge mountain to climb to be able to get to the World Series with the team that we have. I'm proud of the guys.

Basically, ... I feel like I cost us a World Series ring.

So that was very emotional, being able to get there for the first time. I know it wasn't that long, but it just seemed like in New York's eyes it was so long since they'd been back to a World Series.

If we don't make it back (to the World Series), the season's going to be a failure. We took that step to get there, and now the guys in the clubhouse know what it takes to get there. Now we've got to figure out what it takes to win a World Series.