Doug Mientkiewicz Quotations

My dad's probably the most influential person in my life. He said, 'You know, it'd be kind of cool to see your name in the Hall of Fame with that team.' We decided let's do it that way.

Me, my family, went through hell and back. It should have been handled differently. I'm glad it's over. I can put my (World Series) ring back on with pride now.

I faced Chris when he was in Toronto. I thought he was the best I'd ever seen then. He's better now.

If that's not the play of the year, I'll protest.

He takes the city on his shoulders every time he goes out to pitch.

Today is over. We won a game and yeah it was nice, but this game is about winning series and going from there. We look at it as a chance to win a series tomorrow.

I'm sick to my stomach about it, I told them that if they sent me down, I'm not coming back.

That was a start. But you can't overlook what Joe did for four innings.

That's the way baseball is, ... I wouldn't say he's off the radar screen. I've been on both ends of it. I've been the guy coming up pushing somebody from behind and I've been the guy who's getting pushed. If that elevates both of our games, that's what it's supposed to do. Getting too wrapped up in who's playing right now is not the way to go about it.

I wasn't trying to bunt it, that's for sure.

Everyday people don't understand what he did for everybody and anybody who wore a Twins jersey.

We've been digging out of holes from day one. We had as tough a loss as you can have the first game of the season.

This team's been through a lot. We're definitely not going to stop. We're not going to fold.

You have a game plan, attack the game plan and keep going. Don't get caught up in the names on the back of the jersey, so to speak.

Corey beat me to the punch. I was going to take out the ad. The only thing I wish I could have done was tip my hat to the fans.

It was the second time in my career that I've ever done it, been the DH. I asked Buddy if he was trying to get fired. He laughed.

As long as both of them stay healthy, there's no reason why they can't stay together their whole career.

I told Willie the only way I'd play today is if I catch.

It's good enough to go, not 100 percent, but good enough. I've been ready for a week pretty much.

OK, but he's really not a very good looking man.

His curveball's ridiculous. Changeup, fastball, sinker. When you can throw four pitches for strikes, you're going to be all right.

Hopefully, I'll get a chance to tip my cap. People there treated me as a lot better player than I was. I think they get me. They understand me better than any other set of fans.

If I got it right out of my glove, we get him at home.

I appreciate the fact I'm here. I've never been more excited than I am to play right now.

You can't question. You keep going until you're mathematically done. Stranger things have happened. We've run into some pretty good arms in the last week though.

The first time through that order, you saw some really bad swings.