Carlos Delgado Quotes (65 Quotes)

I don't make a big deal out of numbers, and you don't want to sound arrogant. But 100 RBIs, the way I look at it, I expect to get 100 RBIs every year.

One time, they didn't pay me. But for the most part, they have treated me well.

I never had the opportunity to be in a playoff or in a playoff race, ... Hopefully I will do some damage, and win a championship here.

I'm proud of being Puerto Rican, obviously we think this is a big deal. If someone else doesn't I respect their opinion. We're just going to go out and try to win.

That's the way it should be. It's not just the present. It's the present and the future.

Things didn't work out in Florida. It's time to move on. Here I am. I landed in a good place with a great opportunity, so I think I got lucky that way.

I don't want to downplay what we've done, but it's too early to make a big deal of things.

The moment you start thinking its going to take a year, youre wasting your time. Im just going to go out and play. Its going to be a transition, but Im not going to walk in and say its going to take me a year because Im losing a year Im wasting a year.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to play, so you just have to make exceptions and you have to make adjustments.

I haven't seen a ball hit that far in a long time. You've been working on your swing since you're 5 years old. This guy's a pitcher and he just hit it 700 feet. Whatever.

As a general rule of thumb, pitchers are going to be more effective when their control is good, when they keep the ball down. He's got good stuff. It's important for him and all the pitchers to throw strikes.

We want that run, too, but we want him to shut down the opposition today, and in five days and in 10 days. That's the way I look at it. He's fun to watch. He can put the bat on the ball. He's got energy. He's a good asset. He's an athlete out there.

This is a very unique opportunity. It is once in a lifetime and you have to make exceptions and adjustments. I am proud of being Puerto Rican, and we think this is a big deal.

It's exciting, this is great. We are making a push and it is exciting...I was just trying to make contact. We had the tying run on third base, but I was just trying to make contact.

As Delgado buttoned his new No. 21 jersey during his introductory news conference at Shea Stadium, cameras flashed and photographers pleaded, Look here, not there, give me a thumbs up, Carlos, that's it. ... God Bless America.

It'll be a lonely island with no Bud Light. I'm going to tell you right now, in here we're not going to let him beat us.

Non-professionally, Cuba is one of the best teams in the world. Everyone hears about what a great reputation the Cuban ball club has. A lot of people want to see Cuba measure up against a professional team so that's going to draw a lot of attention. In Puerto Rico everybody is looking forward to the game against Cuba. I think it's all about bragging rights.

There've been so many battles between the Puerto Rican nationals and Cuba in tournaments like the Pan American Games. Fans in Puerto Rico know a lot about Cuban baseball.

I am glad that I do not have to face him any more. I think I have faced him probably 80 to 85 times in my career so it is a nice break.

If I was going to lose any time, I'll lose less than other players. The first 10 days (of spring camp with the Mets), I'm going to go to work and be with my teammates.

Not having the opportunity to play because I wasn't healthy, it's tough. It's fun to watch (the Classic) when the guys are winning, but it's tough not being able to participate.

Jeff Loria in Houston (two weeks ago) came up to me and said, 'Don't pay attention to what you heard on the news last night.' He said, 'You're not going anywhere.' That's what he told me to my face. So that's what I've got to go on.

We are celebrating 14 years since February 4 and saying to the imperialists that the people will never again kneel before their aggression. They are provoking Venezuela and we won't let that happen.

We're not doubting ourselves. I'm just taking it one game at a time. I look at tonight's and after that I look at Wednesday's game.

The home run wasn't enough to win. They came back to score a bunch of runs. At the time it was a big hit, but after that we couldn't shut them down.

I don't remember the last time it was 100 percent.

You don't see 162 games in San Juan. This is their chance to watch big-league players in real games. ... This is a unique event because you're playing against teams you don't normally play against.

The Mets have a policy that everybody should stand for 'God Bless America' and I will be there, ... I will not cause a distraction for the ball club. What I believe as a person will not be a distraction for the ball club.

Our defense and pitching carried us today.

It wasn't pretty. We've been pretty consistent so far and there's been a lot of positives. It's been fun.

Come on, this is baseball, ... There is no job security here.

I don't know much about how it was before I got here, but I can tell you we have a real good team and that creates a buzz. I feel pretty good about our chances. I'm not good at predicting anything, and after you spend a little time in the game you realize expectations don't mean nothing. I want to go to Spring Training and get in the winning mode. I want to meet some of the guys I've never met and try to see what we can do as a team and what we can't do and find a way we can complement each other.

We can't control what the other teams do. One thing that we have going for us, or against us depending how you look at it, is that we're playing teams in our division and teams that are in the wild-card race. We've got the opportunity to make it or break it.

For me, it's an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to share with such a great player, ... We talked Thursday a couple of times and I told him I'm going to New York and he has to tell me where to go, who is who and what there is to do ... at some point we'll sit down and talk about all the details.

I think the unique thing about this type of event is that you have players playing against other players you never play against. Especially in Puerto Rico, we're excited about having a game against Cuba.

I welcome the move. The Mets have good ball players, good young players,

I was able to play. I just want to be smart this time of year. As much as I'd like to play in the Classic and represent my country, if I'm not 100 percent, I'm not good enough to play, I won't.

At the beginning, that was their approach, ... It doesn't matter if you're Latin, American or Italian, if we're going to talk business, talk business. I'm not doing you any favors, you're not doing me any favors because we're speaking in Spanish. I'm a man first.

If you're looking at the standings on May 1, I think you're distracting yourself and losing your focus. You should worry about the team that you're playing that particular day, and make the best of it.

I think there's going to be a lot of emotions, having the opportunity to represent your country in front of the home crowd. I'm proud of being Puerto Rican. Obviously, we think this is a big deal.

I can honestly say it was a great honor to be a part of the first World Baseball Classic. This is a world-class event. It was an awesome experience.

One thing I've learned about this game is that anything can happen. And you've got to play to win as many games as you can. We need to finish up strong and we want to play to the best of our abilities. If it's the wild-card, it's the wild-card. If it's the division, it's the division.

They came last week and once before that about three weeks ago. They came in cars and took a few people away.

Dontrelle Willis I'm going to describe in one word He is phenomenal, ... He loves to help the ballclub, and as tough as it is to watch when he dives headfirst, it only shows you what kind of intensity he brings to the game.

It's time to go to New York, so you turn the page. It's not about the past, it's about the present and the future.

I don't like to talk about myself. But I think it's going to be a better lineup this time around.

We'll be playing exhibition games anyway, so I don't think it will be any different. You can get hurt doing anything. ... You can't live your life scared, so you've got to just go out and play.

It wasn't a big meeting. I was coming from the clubhouse and he came my way. That's what he said, 'Don't pay any attention to these rumors.' That was it. I appreciate that he told me that. But in this game, there is no peace of mind. You just come out and you play. Whatever you have to deal with, you deal with.

Cuba is a world-class team. A tournament like this provides an opportunity for all teams to be measured against each other.

I think its going to be exciting. Its an awesome city. But Im not going to get away from what needs to happen to show up every night at 7 oclock to play ball. Whenever I have time, I will enjoy New York the best I can. But the most important thing is to be ready to play ball.