Gary Sheffield Quotes (67 Quotes)

I hope I can get out there and help the team that way, because we're a better team when I'm out there, ... Hopefully, one day, I'll wake up and feel better.

We're playing like we are capable of playing. If we can continue to play like this we'll be fine.

I need to work myself into baseball shape. This is part of spring training. I still have to be careful. When the lights come on, I get focused.

The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.

I trust no one totally.

To happen in New Orleans, being so close to Tampa, it could have easily been me or my family. I just thought, how could I sit and flip the channel and watch a football game and go on with my average day when people are out of homes and everything they've got To turn my back on it would be a tragedy in itself.

Gary, I want to confess something. Bonds made an offer to hire me He'll get me a car, give me a place to stay and pay off my student loan.

I'll be ready to go today, for sure. I've had this before. This is what you get when you overdo it too early. Third day of practice, that's a lot of swings.

A lot of people try to make it more than it is. But it was the same. I think it should be fun for the fans. And it was.

Every time you look up, they're scoring a run. They do all the little things. After a series with them, you're all worn out from watching those rabbits run around the bases.

It's still stiff and still sore. It's the same as yesterday. I'm day to day.

You can start out hot, you can start out lukewarm or you can start out cold. If you're a good team, it will show up in the end. And we are a good team. Baseball is played the way it's played - you can't just make something happen.

There are a lot of slow people in baseball, ... I don't think that's going to be too much of a problem. If manager Joe Torre feels like it's hurting the ballclub, he'll make the right decision.

You can't be sensitive, ... and play baseball.

I felt it cramp up on me. I tried to start over and regroup, but I just stopped before I hurt it more. I thought maybe I'd pull it if I kept going. Getting up and walking off myself was a good sign. I haven't had many problems with my legs.

They brought me in and told me they were probably going to pick the option up. You always want to earn whatever you get. I take a lot pride in that. He didn't have to bring me in today. I appreciate that. When I was a free agent, a lot of teams called and I really didn't answer. There was only one place, and that still remains the same. I don't want to play for nobody else but the Yankees.

I feel excellent right now. My body is loose and my swing is where I want it to be.