Jason Marquis Quotations

For two innings I thought I did a pretty good job. I got a little fatigued in the third inning. They were out there swinging, but overall I thought it went pretty good.

I enjoy hitting and anything I can do to help win the game helps the team.

I feel I could help this team in that role. If not, so be it.

Albert was at home plate seeing if it would hook, but it looked like it was going to stay the whole way. The distance was definitely there.

My offense picked me up tonight, my defense picked me up tonight. You're going to have nights like that. You just battle through them.

To me watching him, the rhythm of his delivery is a lot smoother and a lot better. We talk among ourselves about things. Anything to help us get that extra edge we try to find. It looks like his delivery is smooth and not as choppy as it was last year. His first spring start of this year was better than any start he had last year.

I was up in the zone and they made me pay for the pitches that I didn't get down. I didn't do my job tonight.

You look out there, ... and there aren't too many true aces out there that are going to shut you down.

I don't know if I struggled all day, I just got away from my game plan and left a few pitches up in the zone. Some days the mistakes are going be hit out and some days you get away with them.

I wasn't really thinking about it. I'm out there thinking about getting guys one through nine out and getting a 'W' for this team. The streak he had was nice, but obviously it has to end sometime. I know he's a pretty aggressive hitter. Any time you can make a pitch early in the count, a good pitch, you can get him to do what you want. He doesn't usually work the count pretty deep. We were able to throw some quality pitches on him today and get success.