Kip Wells Quotes (17 Quotes)

It was scary, a real eye-opening experience. You take your health for granted, especially when you are a professional athlete. To do something like this just to play a game, it's amazing that our job includes risks like this. It's given me some perspective on this game.

I was just hoping to get out of that inning without having it blow up like it did, ... When you put that much pressure on yourself to make a quality pitch, it's like a time bomb waiting to go off.

A good piece of hitting, ... But they tell you solo homers don't hurt you. I'm not going to beat myself up too much over that one.

Hopefully, when they open me up they'll be able to say this is something that has been building. For me to say that this has had a direct impact on my career the last few years, I don't know if that is a fair assessment.

I don't know if it's been building for the last three years or six months or 15 years.

I give these guys in this clubhouse credit for not just laying down, because even though I was out of the game and frustrated and upset about what happened, these guys still had to go out there and play and give them a fight,

It's just a little bit of peace of mind at least heading into the off-season that I finished on a good outing, because the season as a whole has been disappointing.

Right now, it's just a matter of getting my strength and endurance back. So far, no setbacks.

I was hoping to get out of that last inning without having it blow up. With all of the walks, it's like a time bomb about to go off.

It's just been fatigued. It's been several different things at times, whether it's my shoulder that was sore, my biceps. Any muscle that requires blood in your arm has been tired at times in the past few weeks.

I'm just going to keep on going out there and try to get ahead in the count and get guys out quickly instead of throwing six, seven or eight pitches to each hitter, ... If I had all the answers, I wouldn't be in this situation. It's just a battle.

Any time you can avoid arbitration and feel like you are in a situation that works out for both sides, then I think there is no reason not to get it done. I am happy that it is over and I am glad that we are on to the next agenda, which is preparing for Spring Training.

Obviously, I'm a little tight from having done minimal exercise and activity the past so many weeks. I've just got to be patient. Things will go on and get better in time.

From a positive standpoint, regardless of how I pitched and how frustrating it was to watch me throw, or whether questions arise on whether I'm doing what I should be doing, they still played a great game and our guys didn't give up,

Hopefully, it will be good news. They could go in there and find out it's the best possible scenario.

Whatever it is, it's too much. I came in here throwing well. It's frustrating. I just have to hope for a speedy recovery.

One game, I'd be a power guy. The next time, I'd try finesse. I'd throw to the middle of the plate one game, to the corners the next.