Johnny Damon Quotations | Page 2

He didn't even want to look at me when he walked back to center. He's done that to many players -- especially me -- so it's good to return the favor.

He can set you up with a changeup, then throw an 88-mph fastball by you.

We need to know how to win close games, and this was close most of the way. We need to know how to push runs across.

We can't just throw our gloves out onto the field anymore and expect to win. The world has caught up. A few countries may have passed us. There are great players from all over the planet.

Everyone, when they talk about our team they talk about your offense. Our pitchers are capable of going out there and throwing good games.

Every day, every night, every pitch -- everything is the most important situation that could come up. It kind of feels like the World Series a little bit. It's going to be amazing.

I'm here to play baseball. The contract stuff, that's something that may have and could have been taken care of a long time ago. But I'm out to win right now. Everybody wants to know about my contract status. All I want to know about is reaching the playoffs. That's about it.

We'd better fix it come September, or we're not going to see October. We need to fix it as soon as possible. We know we're going to get some help soon.

We'd be kidding ourselves if we didn't think this weekend was going to dictate the outcome of the season,

We'd be kidding ourselves if this weekend wasn't going to determine the outcome of this season. It's going to come down to this weekend. It's the master plan. God's way. Yankees-Red Sox. We just need to win some games before that series starts.