Cliff Lee Quotations

We're going to price according to what the market dictates.

We wanted to win this series and we got that done. To get out ahead of that team for the first time in a long time, that's a good thing.

Obviously, they are the team to beat. This puts them behind us for the first time in a long time.

I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip on my fastball today, but I was still able to locate it pretty good. I know I got them looking for fastballs, and then started throwing changeups a little.

If I had to say who our rival was going into last year, I'd say the Twins. They had won the division and were the team to beat. Now the White Sox won the division, so they're the team to beat. We want to knock them out of first.

I give up two and Victor gets us back. That was huge. It was like he erased what I did and we were back to 0-0.

He did what he was supposed to do with that pitch.

It is about doing skills, but it also really about teamwork, following directions and so forth.

It doesn't appear the commission went far enough in recognizing the intensely competitive market in New York for telecommunications. But it appears to be a step in the right direction.

I think he's got me a little bit. I'd have to throw two shutouts in a row. I think he's done a great job all year, and if I had to pick one right now, it would be him.

Mostly, I was throwing fastballs and locating them.

I just play to win. I play to be competitive; that's it. I think every player hopes that they do something special that everyone remembers later in life, or whatever. But that's not why we're playing. At least, that's not why I play.

I got to play with some of the best players in the game, from Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore in Cleveland, to here with Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels. Obviously, to Seattle with Ichiro and Felix Hernandez, and then to Texas with Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Mike Young. It was a great experience. Without being traded I never could have gotten to do any of that.?

I really have never been nervous in the big leagues.

Everybody wants to know, 'How do you throw a curveball, how do you throw a slider, how do you throw this and that,' when they can't even locate a fastball. Learn how to control your fastball and then once you've got that, move on to other things.

We're all confident right now. Everybody is pitching well. Everybody is hitting well. We keep swinging like this, and I don't see a whole lot changing.

To get off to a good start and put them behind us for the first time in a long time is a good thing. They got up on us last year and never looked back. Hopefully we can do some of that this year.

To keep them to one run in six innings, that's pretty good. I'll take that.

They're the team to beat. We want to knock them out of first.

They finally caught up with me that inning. I felt I was still making my pitches, but they kept fighting pitches off.

You can't miss over the plate with him -- him and Manny both. That's their team. Usually, Ortiz puts a pretty good swing on me.

I try not to complicate things at all.

It wasn't that bad of a pitch. It wasn't exactly where I wanted it. He's seeing the ball good and making solid contact.

It wasn't that bad of a pitch, but it wasn't exactly where I wanted it. He's on fire. You have to tip your hat to him.

It's up to us. For a while, I thought it was out of reach and I was just thinking about the wild card, but the White Sox have fallen apart lately. We've got to play them six times. It's possible.

It's still in our hands. It's just going to be a little tougher.

New York is probably one of the most competitive markets in the country.

It's time for me to stop talking about it and focus on pitching. I hope to be around here a long time. I want to be around here a long time and they want me around here.

They beat us every way possible -- hitting, pitching and defense.

I missed with my location on that one. I got lucky there.

Hey, he's out. That's all I think about.