Miguel Tejada Quotes (38 Quotes)

I don't want to say anything bad that can hurt my teammates, but look at Toronto, they have strengthened themselves and we haven't done anything.

It's already bigger (than the Caribbean World Series). It's going to be for the fans. I think there's going to be no traffic in the Dominican (today) because everybody's going to watch this game.

I only gave him B-12 vitamins. (Baseball officials) checked it out and everything was cleared.

It was a weird hop. I went one side and the ball went in the other direction. I don't like to make excuses. But what can I do I'm not a superman.

That was my bad. I didn't think Byrnes was going to throw the ball to me. I thought he was going to throw home. I just threw the ball late.

For us, this means a lot. We are a baseball country. I think this tournament will show who we are, how good at baseball we really are.

He just told me that he felt pain and was tired, ... He was telling me he wasn't hitting very well. I told him that in the Dominican when we're feeling like that we take B-12 and we don't feel like that anymore.

If the Orioles don't do anything, I want them to trade me because I am tired of losing.

Today is my lucky day. When you face Randy Johnson, you have to be ready. He's so good. He can beat you with any pitch, like today.

He's always been tough. He didn't play around with nobody today. You (were) lucky to get a hit.

I think he has a lot of energy and a lot of talent. He struggled last year but I think he could come back and play two or three more years.

There will come a time when my children will start growing up and they'll need more attention, but they understand that this is what I like to do.

We just do it for our country. Now we play for our country. We know there are a lot of people just watching the games and a lot of people believe in us. That's why we just came up and we were a little nervous. We're nervous just because we want to do something for our country.

I'm working on conditioning my body and think I'll be able to play in the final games of the regular season.

The key to playing the whole major league season and then playing winter baseball is working out hard and not being careless for a second.

We keep getting better and better because we're getting an opportunity to play this game, ... Teams are signing a lot more of the good prospects because they've invested money in places like the Dominican.

I'm here because Melvin is a good friend of mine and a teammate of mine. It's a good cause, and anything I can do to help the community here, I will. Venezuela has been like a home to me. It is my second home.

I know I'm clean. I'm not guilty. I use the same thing, and I've been checked for steroids three times. He just said he brought up my name because he told them everything he was taking. I'm not mad at him because I didn't do anything wrong.

a long time ago.

It's not good for anybody because I don't know what people think about me now, ... I didn't do anything wrong. I just gave a B-12 to one of my friends to help him out. I don't give any steroids.

Now, I am more upset than when I requested the trade because it's been a month and they haven't done anything.

We would go out to eat, and I would never pay. They would buy me clothes. They tried to show me the major league way. I try to do the same thing for young players.

Whenever there is a chance to represent the country, they can count on me.

I'm okay. I'm the same man. I didn't do anything wrong. I don't have nothing to worry about. The only thing I worry about is about the way we're playing. We're not winning. Something else I don't think about.

It doesn't bother me because I'm not guilty. I've done nothing wrong. I just gave him B-12, and B-12 is legal. You don't get caught for B-12.

Right now I'm in shock. I've never given anybody steroids before. I've been checked out three times already, and I'm clean. I've been clean all my life.

We are going to show that the Dominican Republic has a great talent for baseball.

This is just a hint of what the games between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela will be during the World Baseball Classic.

It was just like the playoffs. Every at bat, every pitch means something. The whole tournament is going to be that way. There is going to be that kind of intensity because you're playing to prove that your country is the best in the world.

Tejada said he talked less lately because of the losing. I've been quiet the last couple of days so I could give the guys a rest, ... I've been real loud throughout the season but the club has been losing. Today I said I was back.

I have been with the Orioles for two years and things haven't gone in the direction that we were expecting. So I think the best thing will be a change of scenery.

I'm going to play. I don't have anything broken back there. I'm going to be in the lineup. I hope the manager isn't worried tomorrow, because I'm hoping I'm going to be able to play at 100 percent. I'm going to try.

He's so good, he can beat you with any pitch. He didn't play around with anybody today and had that killer instinct.

I think the best way to keep fit is playing ball. I don't know how to do anything else and I don't like anything else but baseball.

He and I were fine. I'm never going to have a problem with Sosa. As a Dominican, he's a symbol of our baseball.

It was really special for me because on the night of Ripken's 2,131st game, I was in my first year in the United States and I was just watching the television, ... At the time, I really didn't understand English, so I didn't know what he did. But the chance to catch the first pitch, that makes me really proud.

It's unbelievable what he did. I don't think I can do it. I mean, I've played in a lot of games, and I'm not even close.

Everything is over. Everything is straight. What I think right now is to think forward and see what you can do better this year to be in a better position. The trade request, that's never going to happen again. I'm happy here.