Cliff Lee Quotes (18 Quotes)

That's one of the best outings I've had this year, six innings and one run against the Red Sox. I'll take that every time against them.

You can't miss over the plate with him -- him and Manny both. That's their team. Usually, Ortiz puts a pretty good swing on me.

It's up to us. For a while, I thought it was out of reach and I was just thinking about the wild card, but the White Sox have fallen apart lately. We've got to play them six times. It's possible.

I'm anxious to get home to just be at home, get to Cleveland and take care of this next series. That's pretty much it. Last season is over. We've proven we are a pretty good team over the last couple of years. Now it's time to do something. What happened last year is over.

When you get a lead like that early, you attack the zone, throw strikes, and force them to put the ball in play. I felt like I did a good job of that for the most part.

Wins and losses are something you really can't control. (Kevin) Millwood's the perfect example of that. He's pitched better than anybody.

I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip on my fastball today, but I was still able to locate it pretty good. I know I got them looking for fastballs, and then started throwing changeups a little.

I give up two and Victor gets us back. That was huge. It was like he erased what I did and we were back to 0-0.

We've lost a few in a row, so it was good to get a win. I don't know what we would have done if we'd lost, but we didn't so I don't have to worry about it.

I've never had that kind of luck against him. I missed my spot, but he's out, and I'm happy. That happens sometimes. You get away with it.

It's time for me to stop talking about it and focus on pitching. I hope to be around here a long time. I want to be around here a long time and they want me around here.

We're not going to allow our customer service to degrade in a competitive environment. It makes no business sense whatsoever.

To get off to a good start and put them behind us for the first time in a long time is a good thing. They got up on us last year and never looked back. Hopefully we can do some of that this year.

We wanted to win this series and we got that done. To get out ahead of that team for the first time in a long time, that's a good thing.

It's a big win. They've got a good lineup. To hold them to one run in six innings is pretty good.

New York is probably one of the most competitive markets in the country.

Obviously, they are the team to beat. This puts them behind us for the first time in a long time.

He was out. There's no doubt in my mind. I tagged him and also beat him to the base. He had to come through my arm to get there.