Joe Nathan Quotations

I think this game has proved that once you turn the calendar month it's almost like guys can start over again easier.

It was almost worse. It's like this feeling that you just let a whole lot of people down. I know for myself, I don't want to feel that way again.

It's great and all. It's not like we're playing for individual things. It's nice to have but at the same time, I'd trade it in for a playoff berth.

It's really nice to get out there the next day. You don't want to be sitting down there thinking about it any longer than you have to.

They go hand and hand. That's one of the good things ? I'll be able to stay on the same schedule there as I would here anyway.

Over the last 18 months that this issue has developed, we have been talking with various IBM executives at many levels, and just had not gotten anywhere, ... We're frustrated.

I think it's the cardinal's vision and the pope's vision that it would be a center that would appeal to a lot of people. The hope was that it wasn't going to be 10 people giving millions each ... but millions each giving $1.

By the end of the season, one will be entrenched as the Twins' stopper and it's a very good chance that it will be Nathan.

We're not going to sit there and say that we need more runs. We know how hard it is, and it's not like our hitters need to be told. We don't need to state the obvious. They're coming in and busting their butt everyday and doing whatever they need to to get better.

When his name popped up, I thought it was a joke at first. Knowing him, I thought this was one of his pranks or something. ... With this testing, you've really got to be careful and you've really got to pay attention to what's going into your body.