Jon Garland Quotations

When it comes down to it, it's one in the win column for the team. That's what really matters.

My arm felt good, and I just tried to over do it. Instead of concentrating on making good pitches, I was thinking about how good my arm felt, and I got beat down.

I was strong. I was really strong. The offense took the pressure off me in the first inning.

I don't know what it is. Maybe he sees something in my delivery. I know he owns me right now.

I felt like I was still throwing pretty good pitches. They grabbed momentum and ran with it.

From Day 1, everybody got along. If we can start off spring training the way we did last season, we're gonna have a good shot.

He hit great pitches. I don't think any other guy hits those two pitches out.

There is nobody you can go around to get to somebody else. You have to go out and attack and be careful at the same time.

We've gone out and we've given our team a chance to win. I think any manager in the major leagues will take that.

Going out and giving me some quick early runs took the pressure off me a little bit.

He wanted me to get out of there with a good start and in a good frame of mind.

I take it in stride. It's one of those things you have to deal with, you have to overcome. I went out and threw against some of my own hitters again, just so I could see somebody standing in the box, rather than a bullpen when nobody is there. It's tough. Nothing is like the real game.

It happens all the time in baseball these days, trades, moving around. It happened to me in '98 as a young kid getting traded to the White Sox. It's business. You've got to understand that. If it would have happened, it would have happened and I would have made the best of it.

My previous two starts, I was missing with pitches out over the plate and I was getting killed.

I was upset with the pitch I threw and mad at myself because I shook him off and he wanted something different, ... A.J. came out and calmed me down a little bit. It was like, 'OK, jump back on the mound, and here we go.'

I was upset at myself for getting the lead and then giving it right back. I let my team down.

It felt like I was still throwing some pretty good pitches. A few little falters and they got some momentum and they ran with it.

I tell you what, ... both sides are going to look really bad if it's not a 1-0 game.

That's tough on anyone when the wind is blowing like that.

That's a tough lineup, regardless of their record or what people say about them.

When one person starts it off, it all seems to roll from there.

Even before last year, every time I go out there on the mound and pitch and do a good job for my team, I build confidence. Regardless of just one season.

Sometimes my sinker is better when I'm tired, ... Sometimes a long layoff and not being on the mound makes me too strong and takes away from the movement of the ball.

A lot of people counted us out before spring training even started. We already were written off in a lot of people's books.

A lot of people out there will be disappointed (whenever the Sox don't win), because I guarantee we won't be picked to come in fourth in our division this year. There are different expectations this year, and there should be, but I don't think people realize how tough it is to win a World Series.

There was definitely a good streak in there for me. There was a month in there where it was the best I have ever felt. To be able to do it over and over and over again was the best I felt.

It seems, ... like a lot of things are going right for us.

It's a tough game. It's not easy to go out and win a ballgame.

It really jams me. When I give it right back, it takes the air out of the guys.

It looks like we have the best staff, but it is hard to say. You have to stay healthy and you have to go out and do the job and you have to be playing good baseball, especially when it counts the most.

It's funny because when he goes to the plate, he actually likes guys yelling at him,

It's something that I was going to do from the very start. I wanted to sign a long-term deal with the White Sox. I wasn't looking to break the bank.

It's still a grind. We still have to play Cleveland a few more times. As long as we continue to play the way we've played the last few days, everything will be fine.

That guy uses a tree log for a bat. The pitch was down and away, I thought. But he got out in front of it.

It's definitely going to be different. Your body gets used to pitching every five days, six days. Sometimes, you can feel too good.

It's been upsetting to see some of the crowds we've had, considering the way we've been playing, but you can't make people come out to the park. They've got things to do.

It seemed like the first four innings I couldn't throw a strike to get ahead of a guy. But I kept battling and kept attacking and didn't change my approach throwing the ball at all and I think that's what helped out.

I've just been real anxious to get to the mound. I want to get out there on the field and help my team to the best of my ability.

I've just been real anxious to get on the mound. I want to get out there on the field and help my team to the best of my ability. I've kind of been sitting back watching and cheerleading a little bit. It's been great because I love watching these guys play, but at the same time, I'm anxious to get out there and try and do my part.

I've just been real anxious to get on the mound, ... I want to get out there on the field and help my team to the best of my ability. I've kind of been sitting back watching and cheerleading a little bit. It's been great because I love watching these guys play, but at the same time, I'm anxious to get out there and try and do my part.

I've just been real anxious to get on the mound,

It's what everybody wants, perfection. It's a grind out here. It's a tough game. It's not easy to go out and win a ballgame.

They went out and gave me a couple of runs, and I gave them right back. It damaged me a little and it took the air out of out guys.

They wanted to lock me in to return, and it's something I was going to do from the start. I wasn't trying to break the bank. I just wanted to be happy and they wanted to be happy, and it worked out.

I'm going out there and mostly pissing the lead away. I just don't want my teammates to lose confidence with me.

I'm not going to worry about how other people look at it. In this clubhouse, we know what we're capable of doing.

I'm not going to try to pitch somebody different because a short porch or a deep porch.

I kept the ball down a lot better. The previous two starts, I was missing pitches up and out over the plate, and I was getting killed.

I love the city. It's where I wanted to play, where I wanted to be. And I'm happy to be there.

I really don't, ... People probably wouldn't believe me if I said that, but I don't. I just want to go out and compete and give my team a chance to win.

He's shown the confidence in us and let us go the distance pretty much all year if it's our game, ... That's good to see out of a manager. Without that short leash, he's always giving you a chance to win a ballgame.

He's one of those guys who when you play against him, you absolutely can't stand the guy. He drives you nuts. But on your team, you love it. He fits in here.

I didn't try to do too much. The offense took the pressure off me with a three-spot in the first inning, and things happened to roll from there.

I didn't prove anything to myself because I knew I could do it. I knew I had the ability. It was a matter of putting it together.

Hopefully it doesn't make me too strong, ... I've just been really anxious to get on the mound.

I definitely know that I can do it again. I don't think it was a fluke by any means. I'm sure there are a lot of people that do, but those people have their opinions.

You can't worry about it. You worry about it and you get away from your game. ... We need to get back to the little things, get back to getting guys on, bunting them over and stealing. We'll be all right.

A.J. came out and calmed me down (after the homer), ... I was upset with the pitch I threw and mad with myself. He was able to calm me down, remind me that two were out, and there we go.

You can still call me whatever number you want to call me. I am still going to go out there every fifth day and do my job and do the best I can, and hopefully we come out on top.

The confidence rolled up from the offense there in the first inning. Going out there and giving me some quick early runs took the pressure off me a little bit and I was able to go out and attack the zone.