Roberto Hernandez Quotes (22 Quotes)

It's very difficult when you start to understand you are facing a life-threatening situation. You don't know what's going happen. It goes beyond just wondering what's going to happen to your baseball career. You wonder how your entire life might change or if you're still going to be fortunate to have a life.

Eight times prior, I've got him out the same way. Unfortunately, it came at the wrong time.

My whole body would be perspiring, even on those nights when it was cold in Vancouver, but my hand would be like ice. I knew it wasn't normal. I knew there was something wrong.

I felt very confident pitching to him. If I make my pitch, it's a different story. And if he doesn't make the adjustment, it's a different story.

Everything is going a lot better than expected. I'm just trying to get my arm back in shape. I probably overdid it earlier in camp. Right now, we're controlling it and everything is all systems go.

My dad's the last one from his side of the family, so I'm trying to make sure he's OK and that he has the best doctors around him. He'll be able to get a lot better care here than in the Dominican.

He told us that the last four or five years, he sat back and watched the Pittsburgh Pirates from the opponents' bench and he couldn't (understand) why a team with so much talent couldn't reach its talent level -- or strive to reach it. It boils down to little things. Teams who pitch and catch and do the little things are usually at the top of their division. This team has that capability.

You can turn around and walk away with that one.

It's pretty scary when the doctor looks at you and says it's either your arm or your life.

You don't have to consider anybody else. He's the best in the postseason. And he's very good, great, in the regular season. He is so consistent. And beats you and you know what's coming. They can't hit it. He just puts the cutter out there and says 'Here it is.' Is that the best pitch ever It might be.

The shouting is going to be up to the coaches, if it happens. But, when you lose, 3-0, 3-2, and you're facing a lot of good pitching, what are you going to say We haven't won much, and I understand that gets magnified. But the effort is there consistently. Besides, this game's played on the field.

It's a nightmare, ... How do you live with such an embarrassment in your life How do you live when someone makes your life so insignificant

We can't continue to dig ourselves holes like this. You hope this turns around. Tracy is a patient man, but that's not going to last forever.

I didn't miss any bullpen sessions. I just missed batting practice. You can throw all of the bullpens you want, and it's just not the same.

When you're an engineering student, you have a lot of stress in your life. For someone to live this way, with a condition that affects their life, for them to be committed to something and want to live life to the fullest, it really puts things in perspective.

He's such a great hitter. And now you consider him like Barry Bonds, when he was going good.

We can't feel pity for ourselves, cause the opponents don't. We're trying to beat them and they're trying to beat us.

There's a lot of fight, ... We've never given up. This is a good ball club.

I'll be here for him. All year, all the time.

The medical examiner hasn't gotten back to us yet. We know he had cancer of some sort, and that he had it for a while.

I blew it. If there's got to be a loss put on somebody, I'll take the loss.

Whatever they want me to do, I'll do. This is a good opportunity for me and I'm looking forward to it.