Mike Cameron Quotations

I don't have as much energy, ... I can't be concerned with rushing things.

I can hit anywhere. I've always wanted to hit third, but you have to possess consistency ---- day to day and month to month. With me, the consistency sometimes lapses. I'm always working on those things.

I feel rejuvenated, refreshed. I've been around some guys who can play this game. I'm a part of this tradition. Baseball's been part of my life since I was 4, 5 years old. I've always tried to model myself after a few guys and see what I'm capable of doing.

He's as good as anyone -- kid or veteran -- making adjustments. He knows himself and knows the game, so he can self-correct and improve. David's going to play at a high level pretty soon.

Hopefully we can stop the bleeding and try to get back on track. We don't want to start getting too far behind in this thing. It's a long ways to go, but as well as you say that, it can sneak up on you in a hurry, get yourself in a little bit of a hole.

He was one of those dudes, good people. He always called me 'Young Stud.' I wasn't playing much when I came up with the White Sox. I'd just watch him. When I was with the White Sox, every time we'd go to Minnesota -- and we went a lot -- he'd take me and Frank Thomas to dinner. He had his own table in a restaurant. That city loved him, We all loved Kirby.

I was kind of using it as a joke. But I wanted a team with a little bit of character to it, some diversity. I wanted (the Padres) to get some young, talented athletes.

I said, 'I got it in me,' ... They thought it was in my necklace.

We have an opportunity to be as good as this team was last year.

To stop a game for 15 minutes in the seventh inning, you've gotta be a bad man. And Michael Piazza is bad man. He's been so good.

To see that, it brings a different joy. It's a great feeling to witness it and spectate and be a part of this. That's what I'm happy about. Having the chance to root for this team.

There's not one guy who can do that but Barry Bonds. That would be selfish for me to do something like that.

I've at least got to go get a few innings under my belt, try to get my eyes right. The most important thing is to have batting practice and see how it feels.

No setbacks. Progression is the key. I've got to get healthy -- and stay healthy. It's a work in progress. I'm trying to get in baseball condition again.

You mean we're not going to do this again next year?

It was cool, man. I've been getting that pretty much from everybody. All the letters (I've received), I still have in my locker. It's just a good feeling to have a lot of people supporting me, especially in a city that's so tough.

It may be my last day in a Met uniform,

It's good to have a big league dad. Jesse dressed Josh up well.

David's play was almost as great -- almost. I saw it a few times and I don't know how he did it.

It's hard for me to sit in the stands if I can't sit in the dugout.

They kept us from winning the game. That's something I see all of the time. You've just got to keep plugging away against these dudes here. Somehow or another, they find a way to get it done.

These two, you have to like their future.

I'm a big believer in karma. What goes around comes around. If you don't treat people right, things come back to bite you.

I'm on the road to recovery. I'll be well. I'm on the road back.

I'm having a tough time with the sunlight, because my eyes are sensitive.

I remember going for the ball and that was it. My main concern was breathing, breathing, breathing. I didn't know what was going on. I was just in a daze and it was kind of crazy. ... I was coherent, but I was out of it.

I have the best weight-loss plan of anybody in the world - get your mouth wired shut,

I hope I'll get a good reaction tomorrow when I wake up. I wasn't cutting it loose yet. I'm still cutting my swing short, so that (stinks).

Because the game is on Monday, a lot of folks made it a full-out weekend.

I didn't know how well I was appreciated in New York until an event like this, ... I've been getting a million e-mails. I just appreciate the love everyone is spreading around.

If I think I can get to a ball, I go after it. If it's in the gap and I'm not sure, I'm always going to go behind you, take a deep route. That's for safety's sake.

I don't want to comment on anything right now.

That's a headache waiting to happen.

A cat that jumps on a hot stove will never jump on a hot stove again. Neither will it jump on a cold stove.

The sun has been there for 500, 600 years ...

This is a guy I modeled my game after. For me, as an African-American player, this guy has laid down a lot of groundwork for us to enjoy this game.

This is a guy I modeled my game after.