Jose Lima Quotations

This win is like winning a playoff game. We're a young team, we stuck together and took it like a man. It's tough to stay tough, but we did it.

Mauer was the guy who hurt me. He's a good hitter and right now he's seeing the ball like it's a big trash can.

If we were a contender for the division, it would be a different story. But sometimes you just can't wait until this is over, and start all over again.

He's a stud. I like Diaz, and not because he's from my .country. He could be from Japan. He's still a stud.

You know what, this has happened all year long, ... I gave up a couple runs in the first inning. I was trying to stay away from the big inning. I'm trying to be, probably, too fine.

This year has been like a nightmare. It's been real tough, every start hurts.

Sometimes you feel like they're not talking to you because you're Dominican. You don't want to use the word racist, but you want to have somebody in the game who knows our culture and can relate to us, and then we don't feel left out.

They are testing me to see how my arm is. My arm feels good.

This is tough. This is something we didn't plan. Nothing is going our way right now.

They're Major League hitters. You make a mistake, they make you pay.

At least I tried. I'm not mad. I don't make the decisions.

It's embarrassing. If you don't feel for this, something's wrong with you.

It's even hard to go to the bar.

It's 19 now? Wow. I feel terrible, because I have pride. This is really tough. I know people are booing us, and we deserve to be booed. We've lost 19 in a row. ... I don't want to come here every day and think we're going to get a whipping. You want to feel sorry for yourself. This is the toughest thing I've been through in my life.

It's not three losses in a row. It's 15 in a row. It is painful. It is ugly. It hurts. It is tough on everybody.

It's been like this all year round, ... Sometimes you just can't wait until it's over.

I've just got to do my job and stay focused like the last game.

I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed to go into a bar. The people would say, 'They lost 18 in a row. They really stink this year.

I hope they keep losing. I've just got to do my job and stay focused like my last game.

I don't see me going to Triple A, brother. I'm 33 years old. I'm far from done.