Esteban Loaiza Quotations

Losing last night, losing today makes it a little bit of a downer.

I was going to keep it, but I gave it to Mario because it was really a home run and it was off Roger Clemens.

I got the first one out of the way. I have 36 more starts leading in the playoffs. Then we'll go from there. I tried and wanted to get first-pitches strikes but it didn't work out. I know in my career I get a lot of people out that way. Today, nothing was working for me.

I'm always traded and moving, ... I'd like to stay in one place, and I'd like to stay here.

He knows me and I know him. What else can I say? He's a good hitter.

I was just throwing my pitches for strikes and whatever happened, happened. I got some strikeouts and I worked quick. I wanted to work fast and try to get guys out,

My pitching wasn't always in the strike zone. I never thought that would happen. It's too bad it couldn't have been like in Phoenix.

I think I went out there today trying to hit my spots and change speeds, and throw my sinkers and cutters on both sides of the plate. I think the first two hitters that I faced, I noticed they were looking inside, so I kept away and away.

Mexico is usually more about the World Cup of soccer, but people are interested in this because we have a good team. We have a lot of players who've had success in their careers. Looking at the brackets, I think we can qualify for the second round.

You have to do what you have to do. Let's go. We have to win.

You know how he gets. Guillen is Guillen.

We have four more days together as a team, ... and then I'll be sitting at home looking at the playoff games - and we should be there.

We're trying to climb up there in the division and the wild card, ... We're playing good ball right now, and we have to come back (Thursday) and get a win.

I've been doing my job. I'm just trying to erase my record.

I've been in the league for a long time. I just have to get it out of my head and think about Minnesota.

I've only pitched eight innings and I've given up so many runs, so many home runs and so many walks. This is the first time in my career I've done this in two starts.

The television ads promoted the United States, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. They never mentioned Mexico. So we had to prove ourselves on the field.

I wanted to go out there and battle, ... We needed this win. I wanted to put some zeroes on the board, and my teammates responded well with the bats.

That's going to be really outstanding. It should be a great experience. I know everyone here is looking forward to Tuesday.

This is great for Mexico. You see commercials on the TV for all the baseball powerhouse countries and they mention Cuba, the Dominican, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. They don't mention Mexico. Maybe now they will.

This game wasn't about me, it is about us the entire team, the entire nation of Mexico. If we pitchers keep putting up zeros and we hit like we did tonight, I think we can win this tournament.

It's up to everybody individually to take care of himself. We know we have a long season ... If you are playing in the Classic, you have to start thinking about it early. If you take care of yourself, you'll be fine.

It's nice, but there's still a lot of game left. All I had on my mind was putting up zeros.

Not many players can say they hit a home run off Roger. I let (Valenzuela) keep the souvenir.

I'm upset, but things happen for a reason. I think they don't want it to affect my right arm. I could try to push it more, but there's a lot more season left, so they want to treat it.

In the first inning, all my pitches were right down the middle. I couldn't get the ball where I wanted.