Barry Bonds Quotations | Page 2

I was wondering where the ball was. I was trying to get us a run.

I was young and arrogant, ... and he told me so. But you can talk to Bruce. He treats you the way you treat him. And that's what you respect.

I want to thank you all for your e-mails and the words of support and encouragement yesterday.

I will never comment because I choose not to.

I went to jump and the wall hit me in the shoulder,

I was just happy for Kevin, man. He went out and got three hits today. That's pretty good for his debut.

I said no, no, no. I?m going to jump off the Empire State Building ? flat on my face.

That doesn't push me at all, the game pushes me to come back, ... they're doing so well, I don't want to mess it up.

My workouts continue to be positive and I feel that I'm getting closer to my goal of joining my teammates this season.

My play is fine. I haven't shot anyone yet, so I am doing pretty good. I haven't killed anyone -- gone psycho.

My mind changes as each day goes by,

Matt Morris pitched a great game, guys got some key hits and I didn't really have much to do with it. I just wish we scored earlier and not put that much pressure on him.

I won't even look at it. For what? There's no need to.

It felt great to hear the fans cheer. It was an exciting day for everybody.

I still have a whole bunch of cobwebs to work out down here. I have to be careful right now.

I thought I would be a lot more sore, thought I'd have a lot harder time than I have. I'm pleased, because I'm not really that sore.

I'm still unsure of if and when I'll be able to come back this year. This has not changed in the past couple of weeks. I'm working hard on the bike and the elliptical machine, but I'm just not there yet. While I continue to progress, I do not want to push myself to come back sooner and ultimately jeopardize the health of my knee and suffer a setback. However, I still remain optimistic.

I might not play again this weekend, ... That's how much pain I'm in right now.

Members of Congress, particularly Tom Davis, can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Why would I have that? I've never had a realistic game number ever in my career. If you're in the lineup, you play. If you're not, you don't.

Winn has played phenomenal, ... I mean, just phenomenal. That goes to show you have to have a leadoff hitter. He's been the guy who's been putting pressure on.

We'll be the oldest outfield in baseball history. A real Medicare unit.

You know what? There are still other issues that are more important, ... Right now, people are losing lives, don't have homes, I think that's a little more serious. A lot more serious.

Two weeks ago things didn't look too promising but the past 10 days my rehab has taken a turn for the better,

We played a great game. They just played better.

We can talk about baseball or we don't have a conversation.

When my name was first announced for the WBC, my gut reaction was that I wanted to play. After much thought and discussion with my family, I have decided to remove myself from the upcoming World Baseball Classic roster.

Why do we have to go with that every time? Can we just talk about baseball? Please? Please? Please? Can we just talk baseball? Please? Can we? I appreciate it.

Truthfully, I felt I didn't want to let the city down. That's the feeling you have out there. They came to see you play, and you really want to put on a good performance for them.

Truthfully, I felt I didn't want to let the city down,

Yes, Todd is the one that told me a few years ago that I could improve my performance by using The Cream and The Clear. He told me it was just an ointment that would help my arthritis, and I firmly believe that.

The record is Hank's until someone passes it. Whoever that person is, I wish them well. If it happens to be me, that's it. It's just having the opportunity. You hope you can inspire some little kid somewhere down the road to say, 'I want to break Hank's record, I want to break Barry Bonds' record.' That's all the record really means to me.

You guys are re-running stories. This is old stuff. It's like watching Sanford and Son . It's almost comical, basically.... Are you guys jealous, upset, disappointed, what?

We talked about my knee and took a few X-rays. After looking at the X-rays, we decided it would be a good idea to drain the knee. This draining is to make sure there isn't any infection and that I'm healing properly. Overall everything looks positive.

You get a little stiff, and it's important to overcome that,

Both are illegal and immoral. The tactic of obtaining stories by breaking the law is disturbing.

Besides my kids being born and my wife being so supportive, he kind of really inspired me to come back, ... It was just really heart-warming to know this young kid was rooting for me and told me to keep my head up. Things that we say to young kids, this young man was saying the exact same thing to me. It just really motivated me to work harder and get back.

As talented as he is, ... I don't think he'll have to make a lot of major adjustments.

As it is every season, my main goal and main focus is for our team to win a championship. I need to be in the best physical shape for the 2006 season -- in what could possibly be my last season.

Especially off Billy, it's crazy. I haven't hit a ball like that off him ever. Ever. ... It was a big boost for us because it tied the game. They came back and beat us. It shows what kind of team they are. We played good against them. Right now, they're probably one of the best teams on the East.

During the past 15 days, my knee has been feeling great. I was out on the track doing sprints, agility movements, throwing and exercises to help increase my stamina. Even with some fluid remaining, my knee has been handling the pressure and I've been able to work through it. My workouts continue to be positive and I feel that I'm getting closer to my goal of joining my teammates this season.

During the past 15 days, my knee has been feeling great, ... I was out on the track doing sprints, agility movements, throwing and exercises to help increase my stamina. Even with some fluid remaining, my knee has been handling the pressure and I've been able to work through it. My workouts continue to be positive and I feel that I'm getting closer to my goal of joining my teammates this season.

During the past 15 days, my knee has been feeling great,

There's some things I got to prove to myself first. I take a lot of pride playing on the field. If I could still go out there and help the team, then that's what I'm going to do. If I can't do that anymore, then I'll say goodbye.

There's no doubt in my mind that I can still play the game at a high level. I have a short period of time to try to help as much as I can, and hopefully it doesn't hurt the team.

There's just no doubt in my mind that I can keep playing the game at a high level.

The timing is just not right. I have too many other responsibilities, too many things I have to take care of that are important to me. I owe it to the city (of San Francisco), my knee, my team, the fans and my family. I have to put my greatest effort right now into all of that.

I've been in L.A. for the most part in 90-degree weather, ... Coming up here to San Francisco and the cold ... I just want to see how I come out of it.

I've played a long time. I've had a lot of fun doing it. We'll tackle that bridge when it happens. I'll sit back and talk with my family and take a long, long vacation and see how I feel. I could do that and get in the wintertime and say, ?That's enough,' and somewhere in January wake up and say, ?That's not enough.

I've never cared about records anyway. So what difference does it make? Right now, I'm telling you, I don't even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I'm not having fun. I love the game of baseball itself, but I don't like what it's turned out to be. I'm not mad at anybody. It's just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player.

I've been able to see that other side of the fence. I don't think the transition will be that difficult.

Right now, this record, everybody's thrilled about it. Everybody wants to make their opinions about it, and it's all good. I'm happy with it. Make your opinions. I'm going to go out there and play ball and just kick butt.

San Francisco is my home. That's the love of my life right there. Thinking that there could be a possibility, just hypothetically, to go somewhere else and DH or something like that, I really don't want to think about that at this time right now.

Oh, Congress should let it go? Gee, I wonder why he would say that.

After the announcement I received a lot of criticism as well as concern from fans and my family and friends. The obvious objections were about my health and whether or not I would be ready to play. In the end, I decided that I can't take any chances that might jeopardize my season.

So what (are) they going to say now? Are they going to say, 'Wow, I guess it can't be steroids anymore because he didn't lose all that weight?' Or are they going to be mad that I'm fat? Come on, which one is it?

As a fan, sure, you might be a little bit disappointed. I owe my teammates first, but, I will give you the common courtesy and respect of showing up.

Anyone who knows me knows I'm not jealous of anybody. I'm proud of what Mark McGwire did; I'm proud of what Sammy did. They lifted the game.

The Braves have always been a classy organization. They earn the respect they've gotten.

As long as guys around you keep swinging the bat good, they've got to come to you eventually. You've just got to be patient. ... That's how you win games. Everybody has to do it.

As long as it goes over the yellow line, it doesn't matter. We've got to keep winning -- we're chasing (San Diego).

As long as I'm healthy, I want to give it a try. It might not be here. But I'd hope the Giants would still want me. I'd like to finish my career in this shirt.

That's what my goal is right now and I expect to be ready, ... But the doctors are telling me playing this year might put that in jeopardy, that I could undo any gains I've already made. No matter how much I want to play, I'm not going to let that happen.

That's my plan, that's why I'm here, ... There's no doubt in my mind I can play the game at a high level.

You wanted me to jump off the bridge; I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down; you've finally brought me and my family down. You've finally done it. So now go pick a different person.

You wanted me to jump off a bridge, I finally did. You finally brought me and my family down. Now go pick a different person.

This is probably my last season. Hopefully it will be a good one. We'll see.

This division is a little ... different. It's the first time I've seen this in the history of baseball.

This division is a little . . . different. It's the first time I've seen this in the history of baseball. But you can't take two games and start riding a white pony. You've got to keep winning games, don't look back.

They're winning their division, ... There's no need ... there's really no need.

They gave me the silent treatment. It took me back quite a few years. It was fun.

They are the exact wristbands I wore in 2004 and 2005. They're exactly the same. They can't come after me now if they didn't come after me in 2004.

You don't see me bringing anyone else into this. I'm going to take it myself. And I'm going to take it because there's so many people who depend on me.

You can't hurt me any more than you've already hurt me. I'm going to take it because there's so many people who depend on me.

They're doing so well, I don't want to mess it up. I might just stay here (rehabilitating his knee in L.A.) for a while.

They're doing so well, I don't want to mess it up,

It was good. I finally got to swing the bat a little bit more.

It was cool. It was a lot of fun.

It's all right. I'll turn it around. I ain't hitting anything.

It's not unrealistic, but now it's just the time of how I recover.

It's good to know my instincts haven't gone anywhere, ... With each swing I felt more and more comfortable in there. I'd have to admit that I was satisfied with the results.

It's fine. The knee is good. ... I've just got to get my strength back. My legs are fine. I just took a couple weeks off from training.

It's been a long time. I can't even remember. What's the impact of me going to Tucson? None!

It's good when you win. It just makes it a little more gratifying, that's all it does, ... I can hit a baseball. I've never had any problems doing that. I'm trying to do it when we win games.

Do I want to play at my level of performance or do I want to be satisfied with something else? I want to be able to play the way I was when I left off.

That's pretty cool. Wow, I didn't even know that.

That's the first time somebody threw something like that.

It's standing around that's hard. It's just the waiting. When I'm running around, I'm loose.

(Eckstein's) one of my favorite players ever, ... I told him that he's a gift from God.

Everyone has their time and era, ... In all sports.

Everybody wants to get to the playoffs. You can just see it in the dugout that everybody wanted to win. If you get behind, sometimes you can just give up. No one gave up. Our pitching did a great job.

It was nice. It felt good to hit the ball good today.

It's working real good. I hope it stays like that all year.

It's tough. I'm trying to put a lot of stuff together in a short period of time.

I want to get my legs strong again, ... Hopefully I'll train hard all winter. I can hit it, but I don't feel like I feel when I'm strong. I can tell out there. I'm older now. It's harder.

I want my kids to have lesser of a headache than I have. Somebody has to take on the bullets, and if it's me that's fine with me.

I want to be out there with the team, but half the team is playing with other teams. I want us to play together.

I want to be able to play with my kids, man. There's a lot more to life than baseball.

They asked me how I felt and I said I felt fine. So they said we'll put you out there for three innings.

It was heartwarming, wonderful. It's our crowd. It's our town. These are our people. It made me feel great.