Luis Gonzalez Quotes (28 Quotes)

The violence has ended and so has the fear and persecution.

I just have to learn to stay there -- I want to get out of the box so quick. You're in the middle of the order, and your job is to drive in runs, but it was an easy opportunity for me, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd probably do the same thing. I'd just try not to run out of the box so soon.

We all didn't play well today. We didn't make plays behind him when we had to and we didn't get hits. We didn't score runs. You can't win with zero runs.

He puts gum in his hat I always keep gum in my back pocket, ... If we make the third out when I am on base, I take three pieces out of my pocket and put them in my helmet. Then I put my batting gloves on top of them and hand the coach my helmet. Superstition is not a dirty word in baseball. Not for me.

He didn't get to live his whole life, and his baseball career was already cut short with the glaucoma. In the 12 years he played in the Major Leagues, he impacted a lot of people.

I'm here to compare his game to mine -- we're both lefties. I'm just going to hang out and watch him go about his business today.

I'm sure a lot of people were thinking that I couldn't play every day in one position. But here I have the chance, and I feel comfortable.

I think since we are a veteran team we realize that so many players play this game and go through so many ups and downs that a lot of the guys don't ever get the opportunity to play in the playoffs or a World Series. So I feel very fortunate to have reached this accomplishment.

They can do whatever they want. I haven't done anything wrong.

I don't think people that know me are surprised. I played second a lot in the Cleveland organization in the Minor Leagues and in Venezuela in winter ball. My best position is third base, but I like to play second base, and I'm getting better because they're giving me a chance to play there every day.

This was a good series for us, ... We could have very easily taken all four. We have two months to go. We know where San Diego is, we know where the Dodgers are. We haven't had a good run yet, this was a good start for us.

It's sore a little bit, but I'm gonna do everything today. Batting practice, ground balls. I'm ready to go.

We've been outscored in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings maybe 100-2, it seems like. And when we get behind like that, it's tough. The hitters have to change their approach, the pitchers on the other team get to play around up there. I mean, they don't have to go right at you.

They've been awesome this whole series. They've taken us deep into games and all pitched well. They stepped up in this series.

I always say I don't have the best skills, but I'm going to give it everything I've got. It's not always been pretty, but there's something to be said for guys that play in the league for a long time and know how to get the job done.

I'm still in awe about it. I look at the list and see the names on it. I have all the respect in the world for all the former major league players. Nowadays I think the art of the double is kind of gone, because everybody counts on the home run. But for me it's an exclusive club I can be a part of.

The situation is totally under control, ... We are going to be relentless in applying the law to all those who have violated the law and the constitution.

Even though everything tells you they are not going to do well because of the team, we're very excited about the direction they're going in, with the manager and the ball team. We had some hesitation, but when we did our research, we feel the Marlins are here to stay in South Florida ... The bottom line is they're still a Major League Baseball team. There's only 30 of them.

I'm still trying to find some logic to it all.

It's a real act of goodwill on the part of the government. The government will be recognizing the wishes of a large sector (of society).

It definitely doesn't seem like there's one team really jumping out there to take the initiative to run away with this thing, which is good for us because we're behind San Diego. So we're just going to go out there and keep playing hard and hopefully we can get on one of those winning streaks that we haven't had all year.

The democratic process has passed the hardest test of all. The people of Paraguay have triumphed

Jason Schmidt just has our number. He's one of the best pitchers in the league and he's just dominating against us.

that he was going to kill both of us and (rape) us all night like he did to Angie.

They started to integrate Spanish lyrics with regular reggae dance-hall, so that became popular. And what happened is that music went to Puerto Rico.

I've been hitting (batting practice) with him the past couple of days and I'll be honest with you. I've been playing for a while and I've been in some good hitters' groups, but this guy is impressive for an 18-year-old. I couldn't hit a ball that far at 18 and I still can't right now at 38.

I used to say that anyone that thought I was doing drugs should be tested themselves.

He was just effective enough to keep our hitters off balance all night.