Mike Lowell Quotes (26 Quotes)

Manny gets rid of the ball straight and he's real quick. His ball doesn't tail. I just cut it because I didn't want it to check up on the grass. It was a good exchange. He got it to me quickly and it was a big out.

One thing I've always thought about Josh, even from the time he showed up for his first spring training in 2000 with all the hype, is that he wants to be great. I don't think he's one of those guys who says, 'I hope I'm a .500 pitcher because .500 pitchers make 6 million a year now.' He doesn't have that mentality. He truly wants to be great.

It feels good, soothing or whatever other word you want to use, when you're showing you can hit the ball and drive it.

I think there's a danger if you try to hit it off the wall every time. But, ever since I was 6 years old I was a pull hitter, and my key is to look middle, and I'm going to pull because that's my point of contact.

It's great for me defensively just because I know the way he plays. I know he has such good range to his right. I can cheat, maybe take away the line a little bit and vice versa.

The beauty has always been I can't control it, ... If I get traded, I get traded. I really don't take it as a slap in the face or anything like that. Most guys don't even play for the same organization for seven years, and I've been able to do that at home.

It's a lot easier than the NL when they treat you like Barry Bonds when they know the pitcher is on deck, so it's better for Alex and a comfort level for me, defensively.

I think at first I was a little bummed out because I saw guys playing second and thought I could do a better job, ... As I kept moving up you see the range guys have. I had plenty of arm strength for third.

I believe it's a market that can handle baseball. I'm just not sure if it's a baseball market yet.

He breeds a good feel to the game when he's on the mound. It's not a boring game when he's out there.

Josh was crying to me for five years with the Marlins that he always wanted No. 19 so I told him I'd be willing to give it up. I think change is good sometimes. So I figured why not I'm on a new team, new number and everything is new. I'm kind of starting from scratch. I feel good about that.

His velocity is down something is wrong. He's not 100 percent, but he's still competing out there and doing a good job.

Sure, there's been a little bandwagon jumping. But I think that's only normal, ... It's tough to identify with guys who haven't been with the organization for a while. I still believe you have to win back the fans, and I still think, after '97, I guess the fans had an attitude of 'You got to prove us wrong before we start giving you our money to watch you play.'

I really believe in muscle memory. It's been frustrating.

These teams are out of it in May and they're way outdrawing us, ... And even in September we're coming down to the wire, leading the wild card with about three weeks left and we're playing in front of 17,000 against the Braves on a weekend. That's where it becomes very frustrating.

I have an open-door policy.

I know it's tough to catch Wake. It's just unfortunate that one of the balls that got away put them ahead. He's got a tough job, playing once every five days.

I think they just didn't want anything to get out of hand. I don't make anything of it. He was protecting Jeter they thought we hit him. It was no big deal.

I'm already making preparations for how I can come into spring training and get into a rhythm of mechanics and flow hitting-wise,

It's something to give us a reason on Sunday to watch two bad teams play.

I figured that out when 3,000 people turned out to watch us stretch on the first day.

You don't have to be Cuban to support this. I've got problems with them (the U.S. government) saying they're concerned with the kid's welfare, and they go in there like it's World War III.

That's struggling. Everything else is a bump in the road. As much as I love baseball, I would trade it in two seconds for the health of my kids.

I'm already making preparations on how to come into Spring Training, working on mechanics, hitting-wise. I don't want to say I lost it, but it's frustrating. I've just been doing a lot of thinking about how to come into next year.

Not that the game came easy but not counting the year I had the cancer thing, I had five complete seasons where I was consistent with RBI and home runs and extra bases. It (2005) was a surprise and a shock, but you learn from it. I kind of went back to Step 1 because I wanted to come into camp here like I was trying to make the team, like I was in the minor leagues. That's the right attitude to take.

As a competitor, I don't expect anything less than what I'm capable of doing. When you think you're underachieving, you feel you let others down. But trust me, I'm letting myself down more than anything else.