Horacio Ramirez Quotations

He's real approachable. With him, no question is a dumb question.

Last year, I think I used to beat myself up too much after some bad starts. If I had a good one, I didn't give myself credit. I was always constantly knocking myself down. This year, I'm going to enjoy some games.

I knew right away. It popped and it's never a good thing when you hear something pop. Right now, it's pretty sore, and it doesn't feel very good at all.

We played sloppy. But it's one loss, whether you lose 20-0 or whatever. And we're going to be bounce back tomorrow.

It was better than last time. That's the point of spring, get better each time out.

When I came to spring last year, I was more concerned with seeing how my arm felt. I couldn't do what I wanted to do. My head is a lot more clear than it was last year.

I threw 72 pitches and every one of them was strong. I'm right where I want to be. I had runners in scoring position but made some good pitches. I was able to minimize the damage.

When you face up against upper-echelon pitchers like Sheets, you have to minimize your mistakes. I made one, the location just wasn't good at that time. He (Lee) did a good job of keeping it fair.

He's the greatest player in the world right now. Both sides of the ball -- offensively, defensively -- he's playing great.

I think it's a little different because we're opening up here. It's a little more exciting because it's the opening series. But last year was almost as exciting, because it was the first time I pitched in L.A. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.