Johnny Podres Quotations

It feels great to have beaten the Yankees because, you know, I pitched against them four times in the World Series and beat them three times.

That was the key of the game. It gave us a big lift.

That was the best fastball I've ever thrown in my life. He swung and missed. I remember walking off the field, with everybody in Yankee Stadium standing up, and I said to myself there was no way I could let the game get away from me.

He gave me a lot of confidence. I remember after the sixth game, Whitey Ford beat us and I said to Pee Wee Reese, 'Don't worry. I'll shut them out.' I was just kidding. But I didn't feel there was any pressure on me. If I beat them, great. If not, I wasn't supposed to, anyway. They were the Yankees. I slept good the night before. The Yankees probably figured I couldn't do it again and the Dodgers had never beaten them, so they weren't worried. Neither was I. There was no pressure on me.

There was no pressure on me. I was 9-10 (during the season). Who expected me to beat the Yankees twice?

A ground ball to Pee Wee, and they weren't Bums anymore.