Carlos Lee Quotations

When he first hit it, I thought it was going to just be a fly ball, but it took off. It was (going to be) a homer. It was out. Same with Edmonds. The ball just took off. The ball was carrying out.

I didn't get to play in the Olympics so this is the closest I can get. There's a lot of pride playing for your country.

He doesn't want to make any excuses. If he got lit up, he's going to say that he got lit up, and he's not going to say it was because of this or that. That's the way he is.

That's baseball, you know. It happens. It's a first for me.

Everybody knows he's going to hit. He's seeing the ball better. He laid off some pitches today and that's what it's going to take.

I've been very patient at the plate. I'm trying to see a lot of pitches and wait for the right one.

They haven't been intimidated. Every time they go to the plate, their confidence is enough that they feel like they belong here. That's great because the only thing that goes against you when you get to the big leagues is fear.

I told the guys that now I'm tired and now I got to lead off the inning. They were joking about it. I wasn't trying to do too much. Basically, in my mind, I was trying to get on base.

It's a lot more fun when you go out there and you know you've got a team that's capable of scoring eight to 10 runs every game.

The better teams are, the better we seem to play. We're playing the tough teams now and we're playing good.

It never came out of the light. I lost it all the way. I'm just happy it hit me in the head. I put my glove up there to protect myself.

I've got two strikes on me and I'm just trying to put the ball in play. I've been having some pretty good success so far this season and today it really paid off.

I'm more familiar with the pitchers now. I'm seeing the ball better now, too.

I'm happy to be here. I can only do so much, so it will take the whole team to (win the WBC). It's nice for baseball to see fans from different countries having the opportunity to see big league players together on one team.

I'm happy with the way we're playing. We're doing everything right. You can't ask for anything more than this.

I like to play every day. I don't like to sit on the bench.

I just wanted to put it in play. I have been very patient and trying to see a lot of pitches.

If you want to be playing in October, you have to win the close ones. We ain't going to win them all. But if we keep playing the way we're playing, we're going to win a lot of them.

I had fouled a couple down the line, and you strike out after that quite often. I just didn't want to strike out and wanted to keep the momentum going.

You could say that. I get to play with some of the best players in baseball.

You can't ask for anything more than this. We're not going to win them all, but if we keep playing the way we're playing, we're going to win a lot of them.