Joe Crede Quotes (35 Quotes)

It's definitely a good feeling when you know you have that many people backing you, and they're watching and supporting you,

Every time you're out there, you want that ball hit to you. It's all about confidence. Once you get that confidence going, it seems like everything bounces your way.

It just had eyes. That makes up for all those balls I hit hard that went right at people.

It's more superstition. It could all be cut off tomorrow.

I felt we were ready to come back. We just weren't able to capitalize, not able to execute when the opportunity came along.

Hats off to Garland. He did what we believe he's capable of doing.

It was a catch. It was a courtesy to show the ump behind me. I was laying there with the ball in my glove.

He's a players' manager. He's easy to talk to, easy to approach. He keeps you loose in the dugout. He's always joking around. I think he's a big key in bringing the guys all together on the team. And I think it shows in our play.

He just left a couple of pitches up over the plate, ... I was able to put good wood on it and it went out.

It's been an awesome ride, this year is definitely one of the years I'll always remember,

I thought a fan caught it at first. But as he came back over and I saw he had the ball in his hand, I started screaming, 'Three, three, three' so the guy wouldn't tag up.

You got the nerves and butterflies going in and you know what, the game starts and you calm yourself down and realize you got a job to do, and that's go out and win a ballgame.

Controversy always follows that guy everywhere.

I'd do it all over again for this one night. That's the game in baseball -- not how you start, how you finish.

Somebody told me one time that anytime you struggle in the offensive side, if you're not getting hits, you don't want anybody else to get hits either,

It was a weird play but we were able to capitalize on their mistakes,

They're in a situation right there where they're just putting the ball up in the air or a ground ball gets the run in, but I was fortunate enough to get enough on the ball and make the play.

We were flying last night and I didn't get to see much of it.

Any time you go out and perform in playoff situations and in games that mean so much to a team and your organization, it is always a confidence builder. It was a great time for me and the whole team.

I'm just fortunate to be in the right spot at the right time. And as far as the magnitude of the game, I mean, there's no bigger stage. To be able to perform at this stage and to be compared to all those great players, it's definitely an honor.

You know he's going to come at you with a curveball at some point, ... So I was waiting on it and sitting on it, and get good wood on it and get it through the middle.

I'm sure that is something that is in the back of their minds. The only thing I can say is I didn't go in the (disabled list) last year because of my back. It was my finger. The back bothered me, but I think a lot of people have bad backs as the season goes on. I came back from it and finished off the year strong.

I've never had my hair cut in Chicago before.

That's the thing about this game is to be in the right place at the right time. I was fortunate to be in this situation where I could do something to help us win. I was able to put enough good wood on the ball and put it in play and get a hit out of it.

I've had other walk-off home runs, but they've either been earlier in the season or we were out of it.

I think that the biggest part is actually getting the opportunity to be in that situation, ... You have to tip your hat to A.J. It was a heads-up play on his part and he was able to get to first and get there safely.

I just missed the first pitch and in the back of my mind I said if he throws it here, i want to get all over it,

The first time you come into the league and face guys here and there and then you start facing them three or four times again, you kind of know what to expect. You kind of get a confidence factor going.

It just had eyes, ... and I was fortunate enough to get enough wood on it to get it up the middle.

I think that sent everybody a little message. We already had a strong bullpen, and now here's somebody else with experience who can go shut people down.

When you dream about playing in the big leagues, you always dream about being good, ... You don't play in the backyard and think about being a .250 hitter.

So your focus kind of goes up that much more. And I kind of take that mentality whenever I go out on defense.

I slept all day today.

The biggest thing that concerned me with the injury was the throwing, and I was able to get out there and throw pain-free and it was a good confidence builder.

My whole hand went numb, and that was it. When you can't feel your hand, you know something's not right.