Javy Lopez Quotations

When we'd lose a game we acted like nothing happened, not the end of the world. We'd leave quietly and come back like nothing happened the day before.

Me and Tejada were looking at the umpire the whole time, wondering what kind of call he was going to make. We were wondering if the ball was out or (Erstad) got it in his glove. One umpire called an out, so obviously Tejada went back to first base. Then the other umpire said the ball was out. But by the time he made the call, I had already passed Tejada.

I don't want to be a guy who plays for a lot of teams at the end of his career. Every year, I try to do the best that I can. If things don't work out, I will also practice catching and be ready. Somebody can always use a catcher who can hit.

There is no chance for me to get back on track by not playing.

He's a guy I admire, and I guess he did a tremendous job with the Padres last year. As you know, the Padres haven't been in the playoffs for so many years. He came up and brought them (there), and that says a lot about what kind of catcher he is.

We lost the chemistry on the team, and things haven't been the same,

I actually wanted it. I guess the fact that I was working so much at first base during spring training, I kind of (cut) back my hitting.

I think their plan was to swing early. I think they just swung on the first pitch to get on base. I was always trying to establish my fastball. They tried to take advantage of it. But for me the key is throwing strikes.

I was a little surprised when they signed Ramon. I had one more year left on my contract. It will be tough finding a job next year if I'm not going to catch a lot.

That breaks the ice. Now, next game I should feel a little more comfortable. It's a hard position to play. You have to pay attention on every single play. But it's fun, I enjoyed it, and thank God I wasn't bad.

We're all motivated. We're all positive. We help each other. If somebody's not doing it, the other one's going to back you up. That's what we've been doing for the last three or four series.

You better listen to Leo. You don't want him mad at you.

We all knew they had great pitching, ... but with our offense, we should have done better than we did.

Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so many bad pitches, he expects a bad pitch every time. Barry is different because he will not swing at a bad pitch. But Guerrero hits bad pitches out of the stadium.

The older I get the more I am leaning to first base than catching. I can just play catcher to a certain point because of my knees.

There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. Instead of getting a strikeout, there was a base hit. There were a few like that.

This is what Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico fans are all about. This is how baseball should be played all the time.

It's just ... it's just, ... We gotta deal with it right now. That's all you can do.

It's sad that nobody wants him. It's sad what happened to him last year. Besides what he did, he's a great guy.

It was like a roller-coaster. You went to the highest part and then dropped down to the lowest part. It was sad.

They just couldn't take it anymore. It's something that is sad to see, but at the same time he might learn from it. He might go to a rehab centre and work on his issues.

It's not a big deal between ballplayers and that's probably because nobody's ever had a serious consequence. The day there is, the day someone dies, then you're really going to see people running around.

I guess the team can't take it anymore. He has a few cases in the past. Once you get caught twice, three times, something is going on.

I don't want to be traded now. I have taken ground balls at first base a few times, and I will work there during workouts. I won't know about playing there until the games begin.

I cannot blame the team for what they did. They figured that this is what they need to do in order to I guess to, I don't know, not to say to help him out but just to clean up some of the issues that have been happening to this organization.

The harder you try, the less you do. That's probably what we're doing right now.

You wonder if he's even human. How can I forget that night? It was a moment where every channel was showing the same thing. It was pretty emotional.