Brad Lidge Quotations

You win and lose as a team.

I don't have anything to prove at all. I've pitched in a lot of games. I've had far more good games than bad games in the postseason. I know that some people may not remember that, for whatever reason.

I'm not going to be a guy who does dances after he strikes somebody out. I'm not like that. I just want to secure a win. That's my job.

The game of baseball between pitcher and hitter sets up like a game of chess in that you have to anticipate several moves ahead to set up your opponent.

I want to be a guy who can be relied upon.

It doesn't make a whole of sense to me to waste pitches.

If they know you're a nibbler, they're going to wait and look for that. Hitters have to be more aggressive if you're more aggressive.

When you're a pitcher for the Houston Astros and a stranger notices you in a mall in Colorado, you know things have really changed.

When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career.

Whenever you don't have a good game, whether you're a starter, reliever, whatever, you definitely want to get out there again as soon as you can.

I never lost confidence in myself, no matter what the years were like or the results.

I'd like to get back and win the World Series and have that be the last image in my mind for the postseason.

Obviously, I wanted to get back in there, ... I was happy to get the opportunity to get in the game tonight. Anyone would want to get back in as fast as they can after a bad game.

Obviously I wish I had the pitch back. That's kind of the immediate feeling.

Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm.

If we weren't playing for anything, I don't know if he'd be doing this. It's got to inspire everyone to see him out there.

It gave me chills to watch Baggy do that. We've got some momentum going right now. We're doing the things we need to do to win games, and when Baggy comes off the bench and gets a hit like that, it just makes you feel like it's kind of meant to be. We'll hopefully run with it now.

I think this is huge. To get a win today was really necessary. Everyone knows we play well at home. This should be a big lift for us.

I think they're professionals and they're going up there and looking for something and trying to hit it. I don't think they're thinking too much about the history of us, but if they are and it can work to my advantage, that's great.

I think everybody on our team can smell it. We know how close we are, but at the same time, we know we've got to finish really strong. We have to win two games. I know we can do it, everybody knows we can do it.

I think everybody on our team can smell it,

It definitely means a lot to split here,

The adrenaline was there pitching at home and having the crowd behind you. Everybody in the bullpen did such a fantastic job. That's the most important thing, I think, about this game.

You don't expect him to do that, ... He's not a home run guy.

It wouldn't have surprised me if Roger went nine more innings and hit the home run himself.

These are the two best teams in the National League, without a doubt.

This is a bump in the road, ... But no way is this going to get anybody down.

This is the kind of thing that makes our team stronger.

It really is (important). We really needed these game. To take two is a real momentum builder for us. Everybody's taking care of their business.

It just feels amazing right now, but we know we just have to concentrate on tomorrow. There are going to be great pitchers going at it tomorrow and we know it's going to be a lot of fun. The way our 'pen is throwing the ball right now, we just have to get after it like we know we can and have been.

Everybody's into it, everybody's giving 100 percent. Nobody's letting down at all. It feels great to compete in these games.

It was one of those deals where you had no room for error, ... They had tremendous power hitters and guys that could take you deep. That being said, you have to locate and be able to keep all our stuff down. I just enjoyed competing in that game tremendously. It was a great feeling for me.

It was great just to see him out and about. He had tons of energy last night, and it was nice to see him.

I'm upset about it now. But Tuesday it's going to be gone.

I need to get that in a better area. If I'm getting guys out doing that, then that's what I need to do. If I'm still not getting guys out, if I'm still not pitching as well as I want to, then maybe I need to work on the other pitches.

I haven't seen the replay, ... Obviously, it got a lot of the plate. But that's what I was trying to do. I was trying to throw a fastball over the plate because I know he isn't a home run hitter in the regular season. He hit zero, right?

In the past, guys might be wailing away expecting a fastball, but now that they know I throw so many sliders, it's different, ... This is a game where you have to make continual adjustments and get better all the time. Otherwise, you're going to be struggling.

I just didn't want to fall behind, 3-and-1, ... and take a chance of him getting on base. So I just wanted to throw a strike.