Mariano Rivera Quotes (47 Quotes)

We have to play Baltimore first, so we have to focus on them. And when the time comes, then we'll focus on Boston.

I could've thrown 100 pitches today, ... It didn't matter.

What can you do, these are games we have to win.

Definitely, I thought it was a strikeout, but you can't change that. That play is over, so you have to get the next guy.

I've seen it for years. That doesn't surprise me at all.

I know I'm not 25 anymore, I can't use my arm the way I used to. I've been working out this winter, but not for my arm. Everyone who knows me knows that's the reason I start slow in spring training. I can't just pick up a ball anymore and start throwing like it's the middle of the season.

I wish the time would have been different when we didn't have to worry about Spring Training and could have been throwing already. It is what it is. It's too bad, because you always want to represent your country. I just wouldn't be ready.

That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

I didn't want to give in, ... I didn't want him to get a little blooper or something. I wouldn't have been able to sleep tonight.

I didn't want to give him anything for him to get a blooper. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

starters having the kind of years that have won it before.

We needed to go there and battle. Wang pitched tremendous and allowed our hitters to come back, and Cano hit the home run. It's the end of the season, so we have to give it everything we've got.

I cant put myself in that situation. New Yorkers would chase me all over New York State. Ten or 12 million (per year) ... whats the difference

I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped up. He was a different pitcher today.

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I trust my pitches, ... I trust my pitches and I trust my teammates.

That shows I'm not perfect. Today was tough. We should have won that game. I didn't do my job.

Times are changing. I can't conceive what Juan Marichal and all those guys went through before. Today you have so many Latin players, so many Latino superstars, they take care of the kids when they come up to the big leagues. It's different now. It's totally different.

Whatever we need to do, I will do, ... It's pretty much the same as always. We've had to fight hard the last couple of years.

Definitely, I thought was a strikeout.

I'm prepared to do anything that's necessary to help us win, ... even if it means pitching every day from here on out. I'm not feeling tired. I take good care of myself. I know it's not probable but I will do my best.

Rivera threw Damon 10 pitches, all of them cut fastballs with the intent of breaking in toward the lefthanded hitter. I didn't want to give him anything so he can get a little blooper or something like that, ... I won't be able to sleep tonight.

You still have to get the final out. That's the most important out. This time it didn't come. It was a broken bat, but it was a single. That's what counts.

Definitely, I wish the timing would have been different, a time when we didn't have to worry about spring training and we have been throwing already so you can participate for your country. But it isn't. It is what it is. It's too bad.

You always want to represent your country, but I wouldn't be ready.

I could have thrown 100 pitches today and it wouldn't have mattered.

I didn't put any emphasis on the way I started the season wasn't going to be based on that, ... People started doubting me, but I don't pay attention to that. I know what I can do, I know who I am and what I'm capable of. I knew the season wasn't going to be like those two games. You can't judge a player on the first two games.

Maybe the pitch count was up there, ... But I work hard every time I'm going there. What can I say It was a good one.

That's not me, ... It's not that I hate talking about it, but I don't like to talk about myself. With all due respect, I don't. If you ask me, 'Yeah, I would love to win the Cy Young.'

Whatever it takes right now, ... This is the season right here, and we have to give everything we can.

After Jeter hit that home run, there was no way we could lose that game. A game like that, it motivates you. Once I saw the home run, it was my time. Thank God we have Derek. That's all I know.

I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.

I'm not perfect, and today was tough. We should have won the game, but I didn't do my job. It was just one pitch, but there was no margin for error.

Like I said before, I can't stop. If I have to go two, I have to go two. That's the way it is. And tomorrow is going to be the big one, so if I have to go two, I will go two.

He's not hurt now, he's recovering. We just have to have some patience. He can be great for us.

That's Mo. He's kind of like our answer to Chad Cordero.

I always have confidence, ... It's big. It's good to win.

It was a fantastic finish 'Mo' was lights-out in the ninth, ... And now we've got these crying Red Sox fans, just as it should be. Now we've just got to turn up the intensity tomorrow and push the Red Sox into a playoff with the Indians.

We'll see what happens. Hopefully this year I'll do a good job. I don't want to go ahead.

Look at the season I had in '96, ... But I won because we won the World Series. That's how it finished. I didn't think about it again.

I wasn't going to let Wells beat me. We had a base open that was the plan.

I don't work like that, ... I know what I'm capable of doing, so I'm not out to prove people wrong. It was just a matter of time. I wasn't worried at all.

When Rivera came in, the place roared. I love that, because it helps us, ... I'll be ready for tonight. Definitely. If I have to go two more innings, I'll go two.

Tomorrow We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow.

Most of the time, he saved the games. The job that he did in the eighth inning was a tough job. To me, he was solid.

Every day I come to the ballpark, I thank God that I'm wearing this uniform, for giving me the opportunity to be successful and last that long. To pitch that long and do it good, for the New York Yankees. It's great.

That's baseball. Anything can happen, and it happened today.