Matt Morris Quotations

What he has to deal with day in and day out, I feel sorry for him. But he takes all the pressure off everybody in here.

The extra couple of days are going to benefit all of us in the long run. Right now, you just want to stay sharp.

I didn't get my chance to pitch here again, and that's disappointing. I grew up here. I grew up playing ball here. My whole professional life playing ball has been here. It's disappointing to see (Busch Stadium) come down. But I've learned through the years that I think the change will be good for the city, the team and the organization.

Fortunately, I'm still wearing the uniform after all this time. For me to be able to pitch that last game is definitely something special. It's definitely an honor. ... Like an opening day start, you miss the whole hoopla going on, but you're a big part of it as well.

He did a lot of damage to me, and ended up scoring the winning run at the time. You can't let that happen. You can't let the pitcher beat you.

He's going to go out there and compete. I've seen it in playoff situations. I've seen it during the course of the year. My job is to go out there and compete right with him.

It could have been my last time in that dugout,

I think that's the beauty of baseball. You can be any shape or size and go out there and compete.

I think they looked back at all the tapes and all the ingredients and came up with a good decision. It's fair.

Sure, I'd love to come back, ... It's a business decision so we'll see what happens.

I've never looked at any kind of number of wins in my career. I just try to take each start and build on it and get something rolling.

It wasn't the start I would have pictured, the storybook ending type of deal. But it's time to move on. The regular season is over.

It was down and in. He just dropped the head on it.

It was down and in and he just dropped the head on it.

It's all about popping the champagne. This was our second time doing it. Hopefully, there are two to go.

It's nice to be in that position, two games up and getting runs early, ... It gives a pitcher a lot of confidence to throw the ball over the plate. I threw a lot of fastballs early. I had a lot of confidence in the fastball tonight. I got to speed up with the fastball and later on threw the curveball. The team put up runs and it all worked out.

Not too many good pitches get hit out of the park, but I thought it was a decent pitch, ... I had worked him away all game, cutters and fastballs. He guessed right with a heater and connected.

It's not a bummer. I don't know how to describe it. This is already on my sixth day to throw. And to be rained out, it's hard to get on any kind of routine, too many days off. I'd like to pitch. I just expected to get out there and pitch on my day.

I'm sure the bees will be buzzing and the crowd, the noise levels it's pretty loud, ... As far as pitching against Roger, I've never faced him before. It seems exciting, it's intense. He's going to go o try to dominate the game and my job is to do the same and try and keep up with him.

I'm not sure the status of Reggie, but he looked good today. He always looks good in a suit, so he was walking on the plane, big old smile. I'm sure he's got some aches and pains, but I have a good feeling he'll be back in the lineup.

I'm happy not to be suspended. It could have been an easy suspension. I didn't want to miss time. ... I guess they realized the situation and what had happened in the past and made a decision that was fair for everybody.

I'm happy just not to be suspended. They realized the situation and had happened in the past. The made the right decision. It's fair for everybody.

I don't think guys know what happened. I guess we'll deal with that when we get more information. You just hope it's nothing serious.