David Wells Quotes (97 Quotes)

I just told him, 'Listen, plan on me going north, dude.' I said I want to stay. I said I think it will be fine. He was all smiles and that was that.

It is what it is, it's a bad night. No excuses.

Unless I'm blind, I thought that pitch was right down the middle,

A lot of people think, obviously, that I'm an idiot. That's fine. I could care less what people think about me. I can sleep at night knowing that I speak my mind. But if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

It was a backdoor cutter, ... Unless I'm blind, that thing was right down the middle. Then he called him out on it later on in the game. That pitch wasn't as good as the first one. He missed a pitch. In that situation right there, it hurts.

The money is great, no way am I complaining.

They miss them from time to time, ... You get heated in the moment. Obviously I kind of restrained myself from doing anything. I just got back on the mound. No big deal.

I still feel like I'm under water when I talk. The right side of my head is clogged up. But physically, I feel fine. My body's not drained.

It seemed like we were home today and this whole series. It's a great feeling. To get a sweep here is a big boost for us. Now we have to go home and keep it up.

I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup.

Blame me for giving up the home run. Errors are going to happen. You can't dwell on it. Leave the guy alone. Point the finger at me. Call me the dumb expletive.

I guess that gives umpires a reason to do whatever the hell they want to do. It's a sad day for me. ... I don't get it. I'm very bitter about the situation.

It's awesome. This is what it's all about. We know we have to play tremendous ball from here on out. We would love to have a comfortable lead, but it didn't work out that way. It's going to come down to the wire again. Whoever plays the best in September is going to have a great shot of going to the playoffs.

You'll see more alligators than people.

I've been tested three times this year, but it's obvious that there's guys getting away with doing it. And he's not doing a thing.

They make things up. They ad-lib.

I'm sure tomorrow, ... I'm gonna feel like crap.

Somebody asked me if I thought Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame and I said, 'It all depends on where he stands on the steroid issue.' They said that I said he shouldn't be in there. He probably should be. I mean, he's a hell of a player. I like Barry. I've known Barry for a long time. My thing is that I said Bud needs to step up and do his job and all that. I said that a week or so ago. Now all of the sudden, he's doing that. Everything that I said about him, he's starting to do.

I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it.

That's me, I'm emotional.

We're on a high and I think you try to take that into every series, every game, every out and every pitch. We can't worry about who we're playing.

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I wanted to hit him to be honest with you, ... I felt like I was the best man to pitch at the time.

Were still in first place, right ... It was a bad night, but I dont feel its slipping away. Im very positive about what we can do and the way we can finish up.

We know we have to play tremendous ball from here on out,

He's in a league all by himself. He's amazing. We're blessed to have David in there. He can do it in any inning, the first or the ninth. He just seems to do it in the late innings.

I drank beer, and I had a career year.

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me.

You could categorize him as 'Charlie Hustle,' ... I've never seen that happen in all my 18 years.

I found out I was wrong. I always speak a lot of times before I think, but I'm not afraid to admit when I'm wrong, so that's something I don't think a lot of people can do, but I usually deal with the consequences later.

I'd done it earlier when they had a guy on first who could run, ... He was sitting on the pitch. It was my fault, I didn't pick him up. I thought I had good enough stuff, but he was looking curve. Look for it long enough, you'll see it.

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That was perfect, the way it is supposed to go. I wish it could work that way all the time.

That's why I got out in front, having to stop like that. It's not good. You can get hurt like that.

Get on the hill in a side session and if it responds good there, you do it again. And then, go to a start. Throw me out to the wolves. I've done that before, I don't mind it. Why waste a start

Obviously, they want to keep me. I think we're a better team this year than we were last year, so if you're going to go out on top you might as well do it with a team that you feel good with and this is it. So I told Theo I'd probably just stay.

Instead of trying to make a mess out of the whole situation, I think it's best that you just deal with it. Go in with good thoughts and good goals and try to help this team win a championship.

Right now, every win is clutch for us. I felt good. My body felt good. Warming up was pretty good. I didn't feel rusty at all.

Am I an idiot at times You're damn right I am. Do I say stupid things Absolutely. But at least I'm man enough to apologize when I'm wrong or if I say something out of context, which I did. I shouldn't have called him a piece of expletive. I shouldn't have said that.

You name it, I just didn't have it. They put pretty good swings on 'em. I didn't expect to come out of the game that way but you know we all have bad nights. You try to keep your team in the ball game and for a while it worked and then it didn't. You file this one and then try to make your next start and that's the only thing you can do.

I just told him I thought I was good, why you taking me out ... When you see him walk, I don't know if it's been done, you try to meet him at the base line and plead your case. Obviously it's not going to work. I told him I really would have liked to stay in the game. What can you say at that point, really You just go in the clubhouse and take a shower.

We had a pretty good lead, so why push it.

I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I hope we can just win the whole thing and I can run off into the sunset and say good-bye.

I'm not making any excuses. I got my butt kicked in certain games.

I think it's great for baseball. I think for the Cubs, it would put a lot of closure to the Chicago people.

This town is hard to play in. You can have no life here. You leave the stadium, you can't go out with family and friends without being subject to the town wanting a part of you. We understand it, but I don't think the fans do. That takes a toll on you.

It's based on people's values of people's time. People are busy, and this is a way in which they are trying to get more done with the same amount of time.

I'm doing good, a lot better, tons better. I didn't do anything over the weekend and then did a lot today. If I feel lousy tomorrow, I'll know why.

The plan is to put a human chain around the building and make some noise.

We have a very good team, ... We want to win the series, so Saturday's game is very important.