Jason Giambi Quotations

Typical Moose, he turns it on and gets sharp after a few hits. He looked great. We need him to be huge this season and this is a great starting point.

The shot has helped me a lot, ... I had tendinitis.

It's been a lot of hard work and a lot of grinding it out.

It's been a long time since I hit a ball like that to center.

He's witty and quick, and Johnny has a lot of fun. He'll be a good mix with the guys.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.

We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

When I got home, I wasn't sick, so I was able to continue all of the hard work I did last year. It was nice to be able to get back on that routine, start lifting, training and hitting, keep working on those things.