Marcus Giles Quotations

With these young guys, we have the intensity we need. It's almost like we're 10 years old playing in Little League again, but winning's more important now. It's just a lot of fun in the clubhouse now before the game and after the game.

We want to prove that we're going to be someone to deal with in this division.

We used to sit on our hands in the last few weeks and just try not to get hurt. This is good for us.

She's definitely out of the woods. That was my thing with coming here. I wouldn't be here until she was out of the woods.

One to 10, this is a 10 or 11. It's very disappointing.

Now we control our own destiny. We've just got to play good ball these next three games. Right now we need to get it (clinching) done at home.

Now we control our own destiny, ... We've just got to play good ball these next three games. Right now we need to get it (clinching) done at home.

Obviously a double play is not in order with the runners going, so as a defender you're thinking, 'Get the runner out,' ... When the swinging bunt happened, I had it my mind that I was going home, hoping that Pedro didn't get alerted that I was going.

If we can't get ourselves together, ... we'll be looking at the same results as last year.

I don't know what the deal is. It's pretty sore.

I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my shirt. That's why I shut it down. I'm glad I shut it down.

Giles said. ''We've got it now. With these young guys we have the intensity that we need. It's almost like we're 10 years old playing Little League again, but winning is more important now.

From a personal standpoint, I hate to lose Roman; he's got a great future ahead of him. From a team standpoint, we need to make moves that can fit in like a piece in a puzzle. Kyle Farnsworth fits in a little better into our puzzle right now.

He's got great stuff. He's right up there with the best of them, like A.J. Burnett and Clemens.

He was pretty good, ... He's mixing in a curveball now. Every time I played behind him he never had a curveball.

Just looks like he's wearing the wrong color blue.

I thought that all year we didn't want to peak too early. I think that's been our problem in the past, that we've peaked too early and then relaxed.

I think that was huge for me, personally, to get my confidence back and get my legs back under me. I feel great. I feel like I'm right back on track.

I think these last three games showed that anything can happen at any point in the game. That's exactly the reason why you keep focusing on the job and get the job done.

People are just saying that so they can have something to print.

Pedro throws a lot like Livan (Hernandez). He'll throw off-speed on any pitch in the count. He pitched great. We couldn't do anything.

Our best hitter was on deck. I knew the last thing he wanted to do was face Renteria. I would have been glad just to hit a clean single somewhere. The last thing I'm trying to do is hit one to the wall, but it worked out.

That'd be cool, ... and it'd mean one of us is going to the World Series.

I think if I could pick any time for us to get hot, it's right now.

I think I just got as lucky as I ever have in my life, because I don't think I ever saw the pitch. It's just nice to hit a ball on the barrel, and more importantly, it's just nice to see us play good ball.

I think this is exactly what we need. I think we need a bit of a challenge, something to maybe spark us and something to get us going. This game is all about momentum, and right now we don't have it.

That was a seven-game road trip and it really felt like two weeks. It's just nice to be home.

We need to step it up another notch before Wednesday. It seems like we've been sitting around on our heels the past few weeks playing not to get hurt. When you do that, you wind up playing not to win, and we have to clean that up before our first playoff game.

When a team comes out and gets a little momentum like that, I think it's very imperative to come out and throw a crooked number up on the board the next half inning. It's a quick momentum shift back to our side. Once we got that shift, it just seemed like we held it from there.

Two-out hits are always good. Furcal kept the inning going with the single up the middle. I was fortunate to hit one. It was a good overall team win.

Finally, I think this is our first solid game - great pitching and, more importantly, timely hitting. It was just a good game overall.

We all know how good a pitcher he is, ... He sure proved it today. The same with our pitcher. He threw a pretty good game, too.

When you lose a game, it spoils everything. It takes all of us to win a game, that's obvious. It's a team game. The loss overshadows anything personal.

When you lose a game it just spoils everything. The loss overshadows anything personal.

To me, it's not worth losing one of your top guys and they can't play the rest of the year for a concert. It kind of seems silly to me. Maybe we can learn something from this.

Things are changing. We've got the young guys coming in here changing it for us.

Running away with it is the last thing we need to do. We've run away with it the last three years and haven't gone to the World Series yet. I think we get a little too caught up in winning the division. We always want to pat ourselves on the back ... for winning 13 in a row. Let's see how many World Series we can win in a row, or even get to.

Same old Pedro he's been the last couple of years. He keeps you off balance. We had our chances, we just couldn't get any clutch hits.

Oh, he's ready. It's going to be fun to watch.

The most important thing is to be able to put up a big inning when you' re down by five. As long as we're scoring runs, I feel like I'm doing my job.

Anything that can help us get motivated is good enough for me. If it's about revenge, then that's what it might take.

That's what we're used to around here. That's what we're going to get. We have too many good starters to let that happen.

You should see his golf swing. It's unbelievable.

This is another big homestand for us. We need to kick it up a notch.

It's just great to see our starters going deep in games and our bullpen getting some confidence. Now, all we need to do is keep grinding, get some hitters back, and I think we'll be fine.

It's just good to get out there and get into game mode a little bit. When you do so much working out on the side like I have been, you can only get so much of that. It just doesn't compare to game situations.

It's just a finger. It's not a hamstring or a knee. It's just a finger. I've got nine more.

It's just Huddy for you. Obviously, he didn't have the stuff he wanted to have today, but he got the job done.

It's either that or don't play for another week or two. I'm tired of missing time. It's brutal.

It's about enough of that, I think. We need to step up. We owe it to the pitchers.

It's me and all. I'll take all the blame if something were to happen.

It just made me and Tracy that much more comfortable at home.

It's good to see some other guys besides our big dogs do something to help us out. If we want to go to the playoffs and go deep into the playoffs, we definitely can't rely on those two or we're in trouble. Not that they can't do it, but it's going to take all 25 of us.

It's not a 'rah-rah' college atmosphere, but it's fun and it's exciting. We're here to win ball games. It's almost like we're 10 years old playing Little League again.

It's great to be back. I wish I could take two infields.

It's definitely surprising. But it's so early, we have time to rebound. I think the last thing we want to do is panic. We just need to stick with each other and play hard and we'll work it out.

It was nice to keep the hitting streak alive. But I would have been happy going 0-for-3 and getting a 4-1 win.

It was nice to hit the ball well. It's nice to have a four-hit game but I haven't changed anything. The only difference was that tonight the ball found some holes.

It wasn't all that bad of a game.

It took a while, but she's finally got it now. I wouldn't be down here if she weren't out of the woods. It wasn't so much bringing her home as it was a matter of knowing she was going to come home.

I'm sure he's looking forward to this big situation,

I'm sure he's enjoying this. Having him here is a lot of fun for me.

I'm in the lineup. Feeling good is another thing. Just keep your fingers crossed.

I'm not worried. I never like a lot of at-bats during spring training, though I do usually have better results. I'll be ready when the season starts.

If you don't go out and get that caliber of ballplayer, it's just a Grand Canyon in our lineup pretty much. It's the biggest hole ever.

In the last few years we've hit a bad spell right now because we've already clinched,

In the last few years, we hit a bad spell right about now because it had been a while since we clinched,

In the past, I think it's a fair job -- if that's what you want to call it -- because I can't agree more that we've been lacking intensity,

I just did too much, too soon. That's pretty much what it was. I'm not worried about it anymore.

If I could pick any time for us to get hot, it would be right now,

The last few weeks we had been playing poorly, but hopefully we can ride this all the way through Halloween.

It's not worth it. We're going all the way to Halloween. You can get him then.

Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who already knows how to play baseball a chance? I think I fall into that category.

I like to have fun, and the only way to have fun is to win.

Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.

What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.

I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can get into a fielding funk just as quick as you can hitting.

I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.

You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

You've got to set high standards for yourself.

The good thing right now is we are going home and we play well at home in front of our fans.

You've got to give them some credit. They've got some good veteran hitters over there.