Alex Rodriguez Red Quotations

I felt like if we could have delivered the knockout punch there, it could have been a long night for them,

It's nice to get your hits, but at the same time, it's more important to get good at-bats. Get good tracking and really get yourself prepared for opening day.

There's no comfort. We know what the Boston Red Sox are all about. We saw what they did last year and that's very clear in our minds.

We came into this game with a lot of confidence. We felt like could play well and dominate this game. That's the one thing about baseball. You can't predict what's going to happen.

It was a miracle we won the division. By the time we got to Boston last year, we were so deliriously tired because we dug too big a hole. We don't want to get ourselves in that situation again.

We've been in postseason mode here for about a month, kind of similar to what the Red Sox were last year. I think it does help us.

Johnny is absolutely tailor-made for New York. He has a great supporting cast, he's a fantastic player and getting better with age. He's the ingredient that we needed.

You figured it out, didn't you? Pretty good for a writer.

To this point, it was the biggest game of the year for us. It was a lot more important game for us than it was for the Red Sox.

I'm happy for Randy, because he's taken a lot of unfair criticism and he's pitched excellent of late. And that's what we got him for: to come in here, in a hostile environment, and take a great lineup like the Red Sox and dominate them. He's the one component we didn't have last year.

I have incredible motivation to go out and improve every day.

You're obviously scared to death. That ball seemed like it was 110 miles an hour off the bat.

We were totally out of gas trying to hold off the Red Sox. And that happened because we didn't play well at the start of the year. We came out of spring training this year knowing we need to play well right from the get-go.

In the spirit of cooperation, I advised the Red Sox I am willing to restructure my contract, but only within the guidelines prescribed by union officials. I recognize the principle involved, and fully support the need to protect the interests of my fellow players.