Jonny Gomes Quotes on People (3 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.

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.

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