Famous Johnny Damon Quotations

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"And I still do. The accomplishments he's had in his career are just awesome. I just wish he never would have taken the stuff."
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"Baltimore plays us tough all the time, but we caught them towards the end of the season. There's been a lot going on here. That was a positive for us."
by Johnny Damon
"Both teams had to play in it. So we can't complain about it."
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"First of all, what do you guys think about this? Obviously, keep on snapping away."
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"He's always given me trouble. Mike has so many arm angles and he knows how to spot his pitches. He can set you up with that change-up and then throw a fastball right by you."
by Johnny Damon
"Hopefully, we can get it done pretty quickly, ... I'm going to leave it on the Red Sox. They're on their timetable. They always have been."
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"Hopefully, he has a chance to redeem himself."
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"I am finally healthy, I can honestly say that now, ... My shoulder's not bothering me. So now I'm not walking around with a scowl on my face like I've been for the past month or so. I'm happy and excited about this weekend, and may the best team win."
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"I don't think too many people give us credit because of that Dominican team. The U.S. team will be well represented."
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"I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time."
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"I guess he felt pretty confident with his team back."
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"I know all of us enjoyed it, ... There were tons of books and DVDs that made it seem it was easy to accomplish. It wasn't."
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"I jumped high out of the dugout. The guy knows how to play."
by Johnny Damon
"I hope the fans understand what went wrong in terms of signing with the Red Sox. Nothing will take away from my memories and the love affair I had with the city. But I really don't care, I just want to help the Yankees win."
by Johnny Damon
"I really think they wanted me to fall on my face. There was too much of me, I guess; the commercials, the magazines. They had other plans."
by Johnny Damon
"I seem to have gotten rid of that. I should be good to go. I plan to be in the field come Wednesday night. My legs are in pretty good shape now, but playing in the field will definitely help me out and get me more prepared."
by Johnny Damon
"I respect them more than anything,"
by Johnny Damon
"I think Doug coming back is a bigger story because the trade at first really took him by surprise. The fact that he's back, I think, it's a bigger story because he and Wakefield definitely work very well together."
by Johnny Damon
"I think it's going to be like the postseason. The last thing we want to do is embarrass our country."
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"I thought Joe's introductory speech really hit home. He talked about enjoying the game, not letting it pass you by, knowing we do have a good team. That's why the goal here is getting to the World Series."
by Johnny Damon
"It was pretty much a fastball down the middle. I felt bad. I was looking for a pitch a little lower. I was looking for something down and he actually got it belt high. I was pretty surprised I missed it, but it wasn't the best of swings. Fortunately, now, I missed it, because if I had put it into play, who knows what would've happened."
by Johnny Damon
"It's a short tournament, though, and anything can happen. Hopefully we get hot at the right time."
by Johnny Damon
"It's such a great thing, it's something that needed to be done. There has been so much negative stuff going on with baseball. We need to represent our country proudly and with respect. This tournament is a playoff atmosphere, except it has people being proud of their heritage. It's awesome."
by Johnny Damon
"It's something that happens year in and year out in baseball; players change teams. This was a part of it. It happened -- I'm over it, so they've got to get over it."
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"It's pretty amazing. There's no way, when I was 17, that I could step up in this situation."
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"It's weird, because we need to learn how to win these close games. We need to learn how to push across runs. It just shows how good a pitcher can be when he's around the strike zone and doesn't walk anybody."
by Johnny Damon
"It's tough facing guys you've never faced, that your team has never faced."
by Johnny Damon
"Many thought he was done years before this, but he keeps coming back, as good or better than ever."
by Johnny Damon
"So there's not much comfort right now. We know we have to go play good baseball or we know our season is going to be over."
by Johnny Damon
"The best clutch hitter I've ever seen. To me, he's the MVP. The guy's amazing."
by Johnny Damon
"They have our number right now. This isn't what we expected."
by Johnny Damon
"This is going to be my family for the season and for the next four seasons."
by Johnny Damon
"Wake is one of our most reliable starters and he has been over the years. It's a good thing there is no break, but he's going to be very sore."
by Johnny Damon
"Wake has been absolutely awesome lately. Hopefully he can keep up that magic. He's making guys look foolish out there."
by Johnny Damon
"We have to try and forget this as quick as we can. This is a devastating loss."
by Johnny Damon
"We scored runs. He didn't give them back as rapidly as we did. David Wells knows how to pitch and we need him to have a great month of September and get us back to where we need to be."
by Johnny Damon
"We really didn't hit like we wanted to, and it starts with me. I need to find it and get hot because the offense goes when I go. I'm disappointed with how I'm doing."
by Johnny Damon
"We understand the sign, but we also understand that the U.S. is counting on us to win this tournament. Yankee fans do expect to see Jeter, A-Rod, myself and Bernie Williams there, but with the Classic going on they had to lose some players for some time."
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"We're definitely better than what we've been showing. When you give up four runs, with our offense we should be winning but we're not."
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"We've done this without Manny hitting the last week to 10 days. It's going to be pretty interesting when he does."
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"We're three games up,"
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"We're not happy. We felt like we had a good enough team this season to win it all. We got to the playoffs, which is the first step. We just couldn't put anything together in this series."
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