Carl Crawford Quotes (52 Quotes)

It's just one of those things that happened. It could be just because I swing throughout the year or it could have been just diving and falling down on the turf. I have no clue how it happened. It just started one day.

There's no concern at all about the wrist. If there was, I wouldn't be playing. I wouldn't put myself in a position to mess things up more than what they already are. That being said, I'm looking forward to the game tomorrow. Just getting my timing back is basically what I'm going to be doing the most.

You never want to disappoint that many people who came to watch us play. That's what I'm really worried about. That's why I'm hating we didn't get the win.

All we hear is Vince saying that he is not leaving anytime soon, ... We don't know what to believe. I really don't think guys are thinking about it too much. We're just kind of in limbo. We're just waiting to see what happens. It sounds like it's going to be a wild offseason.

It's not like it caught us off-guard. We knew it ws a possibility it was going to happen. You hate to see the way the whole deal worked out.

Seth pitched well today. It's too bad we couldn't get the win for him, but baseball is funny like that. Especially with this team. It's tough to get zero against a team like us. Don't ask me how something like today happened.

He's been telling me little things about staying low and keeping a nice little base when I'm ready to throw. We're kind of doing the basics right now, and hopefully we can work our way up to where I can be just as fundamentally sound as he was.

Add a few ingredients and maybe we can be the Cleveland Indians next year.

It was a real good day. It felt fine, no pain or nothing. I'm more up to speed than I thought I was.

It was just one of those games. It didn't matter what (Waechter) did. The way they came out, it was going to happen to whoever pitched.

Once I found out it was a bone bruise and it takes four to six months to heal, then I was fine with that. It's only been four months, and it's definitely gotten better. ... I just have to be patient and wait for it to heal. I mean, if the season was going to start today, I'd wind up playing. It's not one of those things where I'm going to be out. If we had to play a game today, I'd be ready.

It's just one of of those things you have to program yourself to not worry about. It's no reason to jump on our starting pitchers. We just have to go out and score more runs.

General manager Chuck LaMar said the agreement reinforces our goal to sign, develop and retain our most talented, young players, ... cornerstone of our future successes.

I'm trying to be more selective and getting pitches to drive. I'm also trying to catch pitches out front more, ... Once I have somebody teach how to do that consistently, I won't have to pull my home runs all the time. And that's when my numbers will go up more.

Yeah, that'll just have to take care of itself, ... I'll just have to go out there and play, don't try to do nothing different and just see what happens.

I took some aggressive hacks and felt fine. I'm more up to speed than what I thought I was with my timing, and this was a real good day, to be honest.

We've got some power, we've got some speed. We've got a few guys who can do whatever the team needs situation-wise.

Today was the last day I was tracking against live pitching. Even though I don't think I would have swung anyway.

He's stressing the little things this year. It's fine with me because I needed to put that into my game. Joe's the kind of guy that he's cool enough that if he suggests something, then you listen and roll with it because you know it's best for the team.

I'm glad to see him back out there pitching, ... I was mostly scared for his health. He is important to their team. You hate to see somebody go down like that.

I'm looking forward to it. I'm a little antsy right now. I just have to make sure I just keep at the pace everyone wants me to go at and go from there.

I try to catch Vick whenever I can, ... He's somebody I'll watch every Sunday, or I'll pay to watch.

2. SQUAT PRESS TO THROW WITH MEDICINE BALL Holding a 14-pound ball, Crawford squats, then jumps straight up while throwing the ball upward. He does it five times and then switches to a six-pound ball for three more throws. Three sets. This works almost everything from your legs to your core to your shoulder muscles, ... If we do this inside, we see who can hit the ceiling with the medicine balls. I usually come close.

I was just mad that I got out. I had my helmet and my hat in one hand and I kind of slung both of them not knowing that my hat was going to go out on the field. I definitely didn't do it intentionally. I'm not that stupid to throw my stuff on the field.

He looks great. You see him hitting in the cage He looks like he'll be ready for Opening Day. I can't wait to get back on the field with him because we feed off each other on the field and we know what each other can do. We complement each other well.

Those two (teams) will always be the measuring stick. I like playing on the road, period, and being around the big-time atmosphere. It definitely brings out the best in you. Something about it is almost electric.

You just program in your mind not to worry about it. Just focus on getting runs. ... Maybe a while ago, years ago, or maybe if you're new to the team, it's frustrating, but for me, I've been here for a while and I've been going through it for a while. ... I'm pretty sure the pitchers are not trying to do it, but it keeps happening, so there's no need to harp on those guys not getting the job done. We just need to try to hit more, I guess.

I'm sorry we couldn't get the win for Seth, but baseball's funny like that. Hopefully, we'll come out tomorrow swinging the bats.

Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas.

A nice solid number to reach a nice little milestone,

Obviously, if I move my wrist in a certain direction, I might feel a slight pain. But the way I'm swinging the bat, there's no pain there right now. I'll call that a step forward.

We all want to be measured up in this division and see where we stand. We'll have a good idea after this road trip.

We have bigger things on our mind than just Boston. We want to win some games.

Last year I was trying to hit home runs too much. This year I'm going to play within the game. Whatever the game needs for us to win, that's what I'm going to do.

The thing about this team is that no matter who's in the lineup, this is the kind of team that's not going to miss a beat offensively.

The Devil Rays finished the season 67-95, three wins shy of the team record set last year. It's going to be a little different because I've been here with Lou for the past three years and I've gotten used to his ways, ... Lou is somebody who wants to win every game, every day. That's the attitude he brings.

They make you raise your eyebrows when you understand how hard they are to get to.

They got tired of people asking why they can't win against us. They tried to bury us early and just did what they had to do.

Jolly McCarty was one of my best friends. You never knew what he did because he did so much. He always worked behind the scenes, never taking credit for what he did. He was the ambassador for Merchants Marine Bank and for our community.

I just wanted to get it ready for the real season and I didn't want to chance aggravating it even more in the World Classic. I know my trainers here will take extra care watching out for it, and I didn't want to go somewhere where they probably wouldn't watch it as carefully as they should.

We talk way beyond baseball. When it comes to life experiences, I go to him for that. When it comes to baseball, he talks to me. We kind of swap information.

Everything seems so positive around here. You want to see where this new positive way will take us. It's time to get back in the groove so we can start this season off with a bang.

We just want to go out and play baseball. We don't want to have to worry about this kind of thing. Hopefully that's the end of it on the field.

It's been good. That's the thing we didn't have last year, the little fundamentals and stuff like that. I feel like it's to the point where I love coming to the field every day because I'm learning something new. And that's a good feeling.

That's a lot of bags. That will never happen again. Pitchers are holding runners on way better. They're paying a lot of attention to us with slide step and all. I don't think anybody's going to get 100 bags (in a season) again.

I just want to come in and be myself, you know. And that means go out and play hard every day. Try to help the team win games. When you say a leader, you usually think about somebody whose standing in the middle of the room telling everybody stuff. I don't know if I'll be that person, but I'll definitely try to lead by the way I'm playing on the field or by the way I carry myself on and off the field, the way I get ready to play the games every day.

He knows what's what and what he needs to do. He just has the mind-set to be a real professional and business-like and to find where he fits in.

Today, 65 percent of the power coming from our power plants is from the burning of natural gas.

I just think the second half came. Guys were trying to put up numbers, to be honest with you. Guys trying to get jobs for next year and play well so they can try to solidify their place in the lineup for next year, pretty much. That's what had a big thing to do with the way we started playing.

That would be a good thing for this organization. It would give us some kind of identity. It would be exciting. He's a fun player with a lot of energy.