Jorge Cantu Quotations

We're doing everything we can to win ballgames. He was being aggressive the entire game, throwing strikes. Sometimes he gets the ball over the zone, and we were able to hit him.

This win was for Mexico. Now we can leave with our heads held high.

Right now, I feel great. I went to the cage earlier. Felt great.

I didn't want to risk it. I'm sure it would have been a risk if I was to keep playing. Let it heal. ...I'll be back.

I went to Mexico City about four times this summer, trying to get the networks to televise the games where the Mexicans are playing.

Like we've been saying, we're going to play hard. We want to end this season strong and have something to take into next season.

Mexico is in love with soccer. We want them to know how great baseball is. We want to show our people in Mexico what kind of talent we have.

We play with pride. And the other thing is, wearing Mexico right on your chest means something. All the Latin people are watching. All the American people are watching. Everybody's watching.

There are three weeks left. We're going to finish strong.

This was for Mexico, so everyone can know in our country -- everyone can know what we're doing here so we can leave here with our heads held high.

We just want it so bad. No matter what happens, we're going all out.

Actually I am a little bit surprised. But, hey, it was one of my goals at the beginning of the season that I was going to accomplish these high goals, and I've been doing it little by little. So even higher goals for next year.

Awesome. He just brings another smile to the clubhouse. It's great to have him around. He's a hard worker.

They were hitting everything. We're doing everything we can. ... It was not our night at all.

There is talent in Mexico. There are already 22 of us in the major leagues. This is definitely the message. We have talent. The proof of that is this evening.

It started to get tight on me when I got out in the field.

It's like a protocol-kind of thing. Being from Mexico, we have to do it. It's an honor.

It's unbelievable. It's like a cancer. We've got to find a way to stop it.

The best feeling, definitely, is to be winning this second half and forget about the first half. That's in the past. This will lead to next season. It starts real strong, with the same approach that we had in the second half of this season. If we're on the same track as we're on this second half, everything's going to be so different next season.

It's definitely sad seeing Lou go. That's his decision. But with this group of guys, we're really hungry to have a winning record. It's just a matter of us sticking together.

They are very good. They play really good baseball. They have good, strong hitters. The beat us.

It's really cool. Hopefully, we can win. ... Hopefully, we'll start getting that type of crowd every day. And if we can just continue playing hard, that's what we're going to get.

I really take it personally. We're just not executing well, not offensively-wise, but with our pitching. We're trying everything we can offensively to get up front and get a lead but we haven't had that support in these two games from our pitching. It needs to get better. Sooner or later it needs to get better.

I get a little excited when I've got runners in scoring position. All I think is, drive that guy in, that's bottom line.

I just keep playing and wait to reach that mark. Once I get it, I'll be really proud of myself and proud of everybody because without them it couldn't be done.

I can see that in a big way. With this core of young players we have here, if we find a little bit of consistency, we're going to have a great team.

These are national teams. Everybody will be tough to beat. There's no such thing as underdogs.