Matt Clement Quotations

What they've been doing lately is incredible, ... nothing I've ever witnessed before.

When you come out after five innings, you kind of feel like you don't deserve it (the win) sometimes,

The pitch that's staying with me is the double by Zaun. I had him.

Let's hope it works out where we don't have to even think about that. There's more combinations that can happen where I don't pitch Monday.

More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch.

Maybe it was control in the strike zone today, ... I left a lot of balls over the plate and they did what you are supposed to do with balls over the plate. I didn't execute the pitches the way I needed to, and they didn't let me off the hook.

I don't expect it to be a problem or anything that's an issue. I think (Nipper) kind of comes out of Wally's mold, in a way. To me, a pitching coach is more of a psychologist than a pitching coach.

I had one inexcusable inning, ... It's not fun being down 5-0.

I felt good. I was attacking the hitter. It's nice to have good results and keep this team in the game.

I don't think we're worried about who's the underdog or the favorite, we just get to the postseason and now you have the opportunity, ... Hopefully, we can seize it.

If that's not enough to win the MVP, ... I don't know what is.

Having a lot of pitching is usually a good problem to have because you're usually going to need it at some point.

I think our starting rotation has a lot of potential. It just comes down to health.

I think people criticize his hitting, but this guy's as good as you're going to get at shortstop.

It doesn't matter now how many wins somebody had in the second half or how somebody was at a certain point in the season, ... All that matters now is your next start.

Johnny has a lot of stuff going on the side, but it never affected the way he played on the field.

Yeah, it's definitely not as loud. But I expected that.

This team is pretty resilient, ... Their history is being pretty resilient and hopefully that will be the case.

Every time he's been in there he's pitched his butt off and he did it once again today.

I've been on teams for three years and I haven't seen as many clutch hits as he's had this year. If that's not enough to win the MVP, I don't know what is.

It was unfortunate the way it worked out but you've got to get ready to battle again.

You never want to see somebody sick or hurt or to the point where it's a major surgery, especially something that he's already had done with his hip, in an area that can linger. I just pray that everything works out for him and we have him back here sooner than anyone thinks.

As well as Lilly was throwing, I didn't give our team much of a chance.

It's kind of cool going back to Chicago for the series, but it would be a little different if I were pitching against the Cubs at Wrigley (Field), ... (I'm) just going to a city that I'm really comfortable in.

It was a satisfying win to us. We just have to keep playing well.

It's fun to watch guys score a lot of runs. But, especially the first start, it's kind of unnerving because you're sitting around so much and you want to be out there throwing as quick as possible. Once again, I will never complain about getting too many runs.

It's fun to watch, but it gets a little unnerving sitting there. Once again, I would never complain about runs.

It should be a lot of fun. There's a lot going on. It should be a fun weekend and I'm looking forward to it.

It's been a strange second half so far this year, ... But the key was after the long rain delay, my goal was to get through six if I possibly could, at least get through five, just because our bullpen's been used more than we've wanted over the ... last couple weeks.

It's part of the game and part of the job description. Unfortunately, it's fallen on my day every time over the course of the second half.

It's nice to catch a break there, especially this time of year. I'm just glad it didn't hit my body.

It's disappointing. No excuses. I pitched bad. I threw bad pitches. They hit them.

They made big pitches when they had to and Long made a great catch. We were a little short on pitching tonight.

Any time you can go deep into a game, especially when you're playing so many games in a row, it helps those guys out in the bullpen, ... Being that it's September, there are a lot of people who need the extra day's rest.

I'm extremely disappointed. I was terrible. I stunk.

I'm motivated because I'm pitching in a big game, ... The Chicago factor, with all due respect, doesn't faze me other than I know where I'm at, I'm in a comfortable spot as far as getting something to eat tonight.

I had some great defensive plays behind me. I've said it time and time again, Trot Nixon is about as underrated an outfielder defensively as you can get. People don't understand how good he is, especially at Wrigley with the Pesky Pole and everything else. Once again he came up with a great play today that will probably get overlooked.

I know I'm not the easiest guy to catch. I throw a lot of balls that move a lot, that move in tough situations. It was just an unbelievable play. It was a huge factor in the game.

I just didn't execute pitches the way I needed to and that's inexcusable.

He's the best clutch player I've ever seen. If that's not enough to win the MVP, I don't know what is.

He's just a few months out of college. That's unbelievable. It took me five years to get to where he is now. You obviously don't get here that quick without talent.

Hopefully, ... we'll see what we're used to seeing out of Curt Schilling.

He's an All-Star - probably the best hitter in their lineup. He's a good hitter, and you can't leave a ball up over the plate against him. He did what you're supposed to do with that pitch.

How good has the bullpen been all year? They've been awesome.

He came up with a great play that will probably get overlooked. It was huge.

The key was the Gregg Zaun at bat. He was able to get a ball up in the air that carried. That really changed the game for me. It was damage control after that.

The guy is very underrated defensively. In Boston, he does such a good job with the Pesky Pole and that weird right field, and you've seen people struggle out there. Today, he made another tremendous play and helped us out.