Shawn Chacon Quotations

Hearing that makes you feel good, no doubt,

I see what lies ahead, ... It's win or go home.

I see opportunity here. I want to stay here.

There's a competition in this camp, and I don't take anything for granted. It's unspoken (among the starters), (but) it's not as if you want somebody to do bad so you can look better. Competition makes you better.

I was behind all night, ... Usually I can throw my breaking ball for strikes, but tonight I couldn't.

So now I feel like I've actually graduated to the point where it's not because I'm a homegrown kid that I was in the major leagues. I think that's what some people thought sometimes. But now, I don't have the Monforts backing me. There's not any excuses. I'm on my own out here, and I sink or swim by myself.

Everybody around me was a Yankee fan, ... We grew up watching them win year after year.

I didn't have to pitch out of jams. For the most part, I kept runners off base and out of scoring position.

There's a lot riding on it no matter what I'm doing. I can be anywhere in the league and there's a lot riding on the next start. That's how I take it.

I'm thinking, 'Without this team, I wouldn't have done as good as I have.'