Juan Pierre Quotations

Mentally, we just didn't get it done for whatever reason. Stuff went our way a couple times in the Cardinals series, and this time we didn't put ourselves in a position to have things go our way.

I didn't like the way they came out the other night. I wanted them to come out like the Spurs, within the first five minutes, the game was over. I still think they are going to be all right. I'm kind of torn. I can't really talk about them too much here in Chicago. They love their sports out here. I have to root for the Heat silently around here. I'm definitely rooting for them, though. They play Thursday here, and we have an off-day. I'm going to see if I can sneak in there.

I don't care about that stuff. I'd rather go unnoticed anyway. As long as I help the team win and get to the World Series, that's all I need. Whether there's two fans there or 20,000 in the stands, I'm going to play the same.

From the stands, it looked we had everything in hand. All of a sudden, a ball here and a ball there and the wheels fall off,

He's doing something amazing out there this year,

This was only the first game, but this game it was evident that once you get guys on base, it causes havoc. It's not just me, it's anybody. That's my intent to start off the game, not necessarily with a triple, but to have a good at-bat and let the offense take it from there.

Just to see the wheels fall off, it's a tough one to swallow, especially this time of year. This is one to think about. It's a crucial game and we put forth an effort like that.

I think that's the only reason we're at where we're at today.

We realize this was a bad loss tonight, and we've got to come out tomorrow ready to play,

We just didn't move the ball offensively, we just didn't get it done. We didn't get on base. We didn't really do anything today.

(When) you get a pitching performance like that, you want to get a win. We should be able to scrape together two or three runs, but we didn't get it done. Offensively, we have to get better.

We're playing all the teams that are right there with us. You can handle your business and control your destiny. That's what you want to do in September. This is the road trip to do that.

Everybody knows he's going to be special. It's just a matter of time.

I still don't think people believe in us. People want to think we're lucking it up on things. That's all right. We'll luck it up all the way through the World Series.

You see them getting picked off one by one and you know that you're going to be one of them. It's just a matter of when and where.

They handled us the last couple of times. They're confident they can go out and beat us, and beat us here. If we go out and play a good game tomorrow, take that game and win the series, then it will be an all right little home stretch.

They had the timely hits, and they made the most of their opportunities and we didn't. Our offense is a lot better than it's displayed.

It's just amazing what he does. He's not throwing 94, 93 (mph). He's pitching. It's the definition of a pitcher. If a son comes to a game with his dad and his dad wants to teach him about pitching, watch Greg Maddux, because that's an art.

It's just amazing what he does because he's not throwing 94, 93 mph. You watch Greg Maddux, that's an art.

It's just amazing. He's doing something this year I don't think a lot of pitchers have ever done as far as playing both sides of the ball, winning 21 games and hitting the ball the way he is.

It's just like hitting. I try to take one at-bat a game in spring training to bunt. You get into a rhythm with bunting, that's why I work on it.

I told him I was going to get him. I said, 'You think I was catching you just for your benefit? I was waiting for this day, too.' It's going to be weird, a guy you went to battle with and played behind so much, being on the other side trying to get hits off him.

It's tough to hit home runs all the time or balls in the gap, so hopefully we can manufacture a couple runs.

It's going to be a while, not in a lot of peoples' lifetimes. It's sad because when you think about Louisiana, you think about New Orleans. It's definitely hard. It looks like they are committed to try to rebuild it, but the way it looks on TV, it's going to be a while for them to do that.

It's so bad out there that I'm thinking of wearing a protective cup for the first time.

Every one of those throws would have been close. They just weren't accurate. He has a good, quick move.

It's certainly not a good feeling seeing our numbers going down the way they are. I definitely want to see more African Americans playing in baseball again. Hopefully, we can come up with more special programs to solve this problem.

It's amazing ? it looks like he's just playing catch with the mitt, even with the movement on his pitches. The other day, St. Louis has a good hitting lineup, and they were missing balls by a foot. You want the definition of pitching, it's him. You wonder how he gets it done.

It was nice to pick up the offense. They've been picking me up all season long.

I've got to get out there. I can't be late for stretching.

It was good to create a little havoc on the bases.

I know the crowd was giving Dunn a hard time, but I was in the outfield, and it's not that easy out there. That wind was bad, and it was pretty tough.

I'm just going to watch the game. I'll be watching as a fan.

I'm just getting hits, ... When a guy gets on base, I'm a little more aggressive.

I haven't been getting on base as much as I'd like to be. This shows that speed can play a part. You don't expect three bad pickoff throws. You see something new in baseball every day.

I'm torn. I can't really talk too much out here because I'm in Chicago and they love their sports so I have to root for the Heat silently.

I know my teammates are counting on me. I know what I can do for this club, ... You got to suck it up and deal with it. I'm not going to hang my head about it. I sure don't want to let any of my teammates see me hanging my head.

I haven't seen anything like it. I can't even explain it. It looked like we had everything in hand. To see the wheels fall off, it's a tough one to swallow, especially at this time of year.

He's the definition of pitching. He's not overpowering, he doesn't have this tremendous stuff. He gets it done every day.

Hopefully it'll be a different story here this year. It's important to win here.

Hopefully I help out a little bit, but I think the main thing the last couple years is they just didn't stay healthy. I believe if they stayed healthy, they already had a great team before me. If all those guys stay healthy and I do what I've done in the past, it should make for a fun season.

If he was 30 years old, I would still be impressed. He will be a superstar in the league.

If he was 30 years old, I would still be impressed. He's just one of those kids who has that instinct. Everybody sees it and knows he is going to be special. It's just a matter of him being consistent and being able to bring those five tools to the game every night. And he can. He will be a superstar in the league.

He probably could get away with it for a couple of years, just being that fast. He is still young. The more he plays, the better he will get at it. He could probably just go out there with his raw speed right now and steal 30, 40 bases without even trying.

The guy was pretty slow to the plate once I got to second. The second time, I don't think (Valentin) wanted to throw to third after throwing it into left the first time.