Jonny Gomes Quotes (30 Quotes)

I thought I was going to be down for the rest of the year, ... I really did. And maybe come up for September. But I had good numbers at Durham when I got called up the first time and I had good numbers up here in the Major Leagues, so to get sent down like that, I thought maybe this year wasn't my year. They had plans and other things going on. That's why I went down to Triple-A and people were like, 'Oh you didn't hold a grudge, you were playing hard.' And I just thought that's where my season was going to end.

I don't think anyone was worried about the past. I think that's why this team is becoming good. It's a clean slate every time you leave the ballpark.

That's been pretty much my whole career coming up, ... I'm used to being behind some of the higher-ranked guys. But I just play to play. I never played to get moved up. I just played to help the team win and put good numbers up for myself. But I never worried about off-the-field stuff. I never got caught up in it. I never read the papers. I never read my articles. I just play to help the club win and put numbers up myself.

I don't think you can really look ahead right now in this organization, ... I don't want to look ahead, because I don't know what's going to happen. Because it's just obvious something is going to happen. I'm just looking forward to helping the team win this season and go out with a bang and have some good numbers on my resume when the season's over.

The role we fell into is spoilers. We want to be on other side of that. It's not like we're playing for nothing. A win or loss on our record can affect other teams and races.

It just shows that the Yankees, with their history and with their payroll and with their all-stars, they're not bullet-proof. In between the lines, there's no salaries and no world champions. It's nine on nine, plus your bullpen and your bench and it just shows anyone can win.

I'll be satisfied with what I've got after the season is over. I don't really have numbers as far as goals. If I can play every day and stay healthy, the numbers will come. But my two main goals are playing every day and staying healthy.

We were fish-tailing in the dead grass, ... A telephone pole hit right on his door. He was in the back right. I was on back left.

It just shows that the crowd and the fans appreciate the way I play, ... To go out and play as hard as I do and just get the cold shoulder from people is tough. So to hear from them, just to know they appreciate my love for the game and how I go about playing, that means a lot.

In between the lines, there's no salaries ... it's nine-on-nine plus your bullpen and your bench, and it just shows anyone can win. It's a bulldog attitude.

It just shows the Yankees -- with their history and with their payroll and with their All-Stars -- they're not bulletproof. In between the lines, there's no salaries and no world champions. It's nine-on-nine, plus your bullpen and bench. It just shows anyone can win.

Oh yeah. Definitely wouldn't have hurt, that's for sure.

Yeah, that was cool. I didn't say anything to the fan, I made eye contact, and you know, word up.

We're on a tear right now. We're really starting to gel as a club. We've (won) consistently enough since the All-Star break to show it's not a fluke.

It's what I'm supposed to do, right ... You hit in the middle of the lineup, you're supposed to hit home runs. That's what they're paying me to do. That's what I'm supposed to do.

It was awesome, ... He was such a big part of the Athletics. They were so confident. They love him in the area.

If you have a weakness, everyone sees it all over the country and the other team is going to exploit it.

The doctor didn't say I might have died, he said I would have died,

I've had that situation a million times in the streets and in the back yard. There are only a few at-bats you'll never forget in your lifetime. I'll never forget that.

I think we've got a little swagger coming in here. We just showed them we can do it and it's not impossible with our team. We came in and we'll lay it all on the line and see how it pans out.

Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do,

It's one of those fluke things, and the doctor told me I fought off a heart attack for 27 hours, ... Considering everything, it's an honor to be here.

It's the first time I saw him. He's working on stuff. We're all working on stuff. He's looking fine.

I don't really like the word 'cocky' and it's been used a lot with myself, ... But I'm not cocky. I'm confident. I feel like with a big name on the mound, as soon as I step into the batter's box, you're like, 'Oh great, I've got to face this guy,' or, 'Oh no, this guy throws hard.' If you think that, you're already out. Those guys on the mound are just as cocky or arrogant as anyone else. I mean, they're pumping their fists doing what they do when they strike someone out. But I think it's just magnetized by me because I'm just a rookie.

This club definitely needed something to get going. I'm not taking credit for it at all, but we've found something.

I had good grades in school, ... I was an outdoorsman. I like the adventure and representing your country. I don't want to go to war, but I wouldn't have been scared.

We've still got some big guys down in St. Pete that we can't wait to get back, so we're not clicking on all cylinders by any means. It's not even close and even then, we're hanging with some big teams. So we'll see how it works out.

He was the best baseball player in our county, ... He was the guy, a star baseball and basketball player and the quarterback on the football team.

That's baseball. The two 'L's, leather and lumber, you've got to do them both, and today all nine of us did, ... You can win a ballgame so many different ways.

I don't know how we've done it, ... But I hope they don't figure it out.