Robert Fick Quotations

We're in this. We've got a chance to be in the playoffs. We've got to quit looking behind our shoulders and seize the opportunity.

With what he's been through this year, everybody was right there with him, and I know everybody on this team loves him and has been pulling for him,

We know we have some hope here. We know we have the right guys. We just have to execute and we did that.

Like I always say, I'm just glad to be in the lineup, playing baseball.

Shoot, hopefully these two miracles in one week, and then today, battling back, will springboard us into just playing good team ball.

Shoot, that hit right there (a double into the left-center gap) makes the whole season for Sean, because that was the biggest win of the year for us.

Shoot, I was just trying to be aggressive and hit the ball hard for once. I was 0-for-4 and it was a tough night up until then.

My elbow feels great. I have a little soreness from just throwing. It's natural.

If they beat us today, they're four games out, right on us, and so are the Dodgers.

I don't give a ----. I was trying to make a play.

I loved it here. I still root for these guys. Nobody deserves it more than Bobby. Nobody works harder than he does. It's no secret. Obviously, it's the system. Fourteen years in a row.

He loves Detroit. He played with Detroit. He loves the English 'D.' He's not the kind to yell at you. And he's not going to bury you in a hole. He's going to teach you how, get you to work out of it.

We look dead, ... but I guess we don't feel dead.

He was talking about my hands and how I should receive the ball. The rap on me is my throwing. He said he is going to make me an accurate thrower to second base. I have the arm strength, but I haven't had the accuracy. We talked about the correct form. It was different information than I ever heard before.

He was awesome. Maybe he used to be more of a hard thrower, a blow-it-by-you type of guy, but he can pitch, man. The way that he is in the clubhouse, you couldn't find a better guy to sign, I don't think.

He was awesome. He's been doing it for us since he got here. I think he had one bad outing, and since then he's been lights out.

He just hasn't been able to get anything going. He got sent down and he was a man about it. He did his job and he came back. He hasn't been playing, but he's still been a great teammate, hasn't complained about anything.

I was devastated I wasn't going to get to play for Tram and Gibby,

I was just trying to be aggressive and hit the ball hard for once.

It hasn't been pretty for us. We still have a chance to finish with a decent record and put away all the talk about us being .500 or under .500 and just getting this thing right going into the playoffs.

That's the way guys like us have to think about it.

We had two miracles in a week, ... and then this today.

We get down, we can't come back. We give it up, we fall apart. I'm not pointing fingers at anybody. That's just the way it's been, the vibe around here.

You can tell he cares more about catching than he does hitting, and you really respect that in a catcher.

We control our own destiny. As long as we win every night, we don't have to worry about anybody else.

Being a role guy on this team, you've just got to be ready for those situations and make the most of it. Tonight, I was fortunate enough for it to happen.

Early in the season we were paying attention to that stuff and we got sidetracked, ... It's the second week of September and we control our own destiny. ... Inning by inning, pitch by pitch, take care of business.

It would have been a bummer if we hadn't been able to capitalize on Saturday's win. And now we need to go to Colorado (for a four-game series starting tonight) and build on these last two games.

Ramon, before he got hurt, was tops in baseball as far as what he did behind the plate and beside it. To have those two guys and me as an emergency guy is going to be pretty good.

Probably the hit of the year. Shoot, that hit right there makes the whole season for Sean, because that was the biggest win of the year for us.

Our enthusiasm is there. We showed our fight today. It was awesome. If they beat us today they're four games out, they're right on us.

This could springboard us. This tells us we can grind it out, no matter what, and maybe change some thinking about us.

They gave me a shot to see if they can get the inflammation down.

They are probably taking it slow with me. I guess that is good for me. I don't want to take it slow, but I guess I have to.

You don't want to be a loser and a winner at the same time, I guess.

It was easy. I just pick it up and throw to first. I guess it cost us the game.

It's only been a few days, so I've got to wait for the swelling to go down and the stitches to come out, and we'll go from there. The doctor told me I'll be swinging a bat by this weekend, but I don't think that will happen.

Does it really matter to us? No. We did what we had to do to win the division. I've been on the best team in baseball going into the playoffs and it doesn't matter.

That's probably the hit of the year. We stopped their momentum, and hopefully we stopped the Dodgers' momentum.

That's not why we lost the game. We couldn't do anything.

It stopped their momentum, ... and we got the feeling we can come back against one of the best closers in baseball.

I knew I had to stay on top of the ball and I got lucky.

I'm just happy to get a shot. I don't care how we get it done; we've got to figure out a way to beat these guys and build some momentum. We've done it before, in the regular season, so there's no reason why we can't do it again.

I have to wait until the swelling goes down and the stitches to come out and we'll go from there. I bounced back quick from the other surgery I've had. I feel good. I felt good going into the surgery. Hopefully, in two weeks, I'll be hitting and starting to throw at least.

He's still a great teammate. He hasn't complained about anything. Shoot, that hit makes the whole season for him.

The important thing is to get into the playoffs, ... but you don't want to go into the playoffs with people thinking you're a loser.