Johnny Damon Win Quotations

We're going to get better. We need to know how to win those close games.

We're not happy. We felt like we had a good enough team this season to win it all. We got to the playoffs, which is the first step. We just couldn't put anything together in this series.

We have to go out and expect to win every game. I think everyone knows it's our job.

We're excited. Everyone in the room feels like we can win a championship. If we don't win, it would be a shame.

He's a guy a lot of teams would take No.1. He knows what it takes to win games. ... He picked up the whole team with one swing. That was awesome.

Going into Yankee Stadium, we expect to win. We know what the job ahead of us is. We need to win as many games as possible.

March 6. The games are going to start counting tomorrow. That is sooner than expected. But we know what our job at hand is. That's to try and win this tournament, but also to try and help promote the game.

I'm here to play baseball. The contract stuff, that's something that may have and could have been taken care of a long time ago. But I'm out to win right now. Everybody wants to know about my contract status. All I want to know about is reaching the playoffs. That's about it.

We need to know how to win close games, and this was close most of the way. We need to know how to push runs across.

We need to win tomorrow. We have to slow down the momentum they have and give us a chance.

We had enough to win this year. We needed the White Sox to not hit and we needed some luck ... and we didn't get it.

We understand the sign, but we also understand that the U.S. is counting on us to win this tournament. Yankee fans do expect to see Jeter, A-Rod, myself and Bernie Williams there, but with the Classic going on they had to lose some players for some time.

We'd be kidding ourselves if this weekend wasn't going to determine the outcome of this season. It's going to come down to this weekend. It's the master plan. God's way. Yankees-Red Sox. We just need to win some games before that series starts.

This team puts itself in a position to win year in and year out. That is something that entices you as a player. If there is a weak link, there will not be a weak link much longer because they are going to go out and get the best player to help them win.

It was a weird night. We could have been written off. Now we've got to go out and win some ballgames. Preferably three.

It's weird, but we need to know how to win these close games. We need to know how to push across a run.

It's weird, because we need to learn how to win these close games. We need to learn how to push across runs. It just shows how good a pitcher can be when he's around the strike zone and doesn't walk anybody.

At this time of year, every game is big. Anytime you win is awesome, and anytime you lose, this is not a fun place to be.

The last thing we want to do is to embarrass our country, with how much they've given to every single Major League player. We can't go there and get embarrassed. We need to go out, hustle, play hard and do all that good stuff. There are some tough teams, so we can't expect to go out and win just by throwing our gloves on the field.

I'm not going to get too excited about anything, not until we clinch a playoff spot and then after that not until you win the World Series. So there's not much comfort right now. We know we have to go play good baseball or we know our season is going to be over.

I'm comfortable with that. We were put together to win. We know we have to win the World Series or it's a lost year.

I just know I've been waiting for this ever since I signed. To win like that, with the Captain hitting a homer. It's something I'll take with me forever.

If Cleveland would have gotten in, they had as good a shot as anyone to win it,

All of our losses fall right on the offense. We need to get some rhythm and flow. We need to learn how to win those close games.