Joe Nathan Quotations

We're not going to sit there and say that we need more runs. We know how hard it is, and it's not like our hitters need to be told. We don't need to state the obvious. They're coming in and busting their butt everyday and doing whatever they need to to get better.

Obviously, we've got a lot of work to do. But if we lose this series, we're basically out of it. To win this series shows we're still in it and shows we've still got some fight left in us.

Ninety-four percent of us don't use steroids. We're trying to put that issue behind us. A small percentage of players makes everyone look bad.

I feel great. Right now, it's just location. I've left some balls over the plate the last couple of outings.

When his name popped up, I thought it was a joke at first. Knowing him, I thought this was one of his pranks or something. ... With this testing, you've really got to be careful and you've really got to pay attention to what's going into your body.

I think it's the cardinal's vision and the pope's vision that it would be a center that would appeal to a lot of people. The hope was that it wasn't going to be 10 people giving millions each ... but millions each giving $1.

I think this game has proved that once you turn the calendar month it's almost like guys can start over again easier.

I think fantasy is a good thing, it creates interest. I don't think about it much. It's not like I go out and try to perform for a fantasy team, but I think they are good to create interest and not just in baseball.

Over the last 18 months that this issue has developed, we have been talking with various IBM executives at many levels, and just had not gotten anywhere, ... We're frustrated.

My thought was just to try to get ahead on strikes and make sure I'm around the plate. It's been a while since I've been out there, so in those situations you never know how you will react.

I was glad to get through it and get Johan a win after the way he pitched, ... Since I've been here, that's the loudest I've heard it.

I think J.C. is in a better spot mentally, so I think it was more along the lines of that than him trying to stir up anything with us.

That was a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing losses, especially for our team to battle back like that.

You almost know he's going to break out, that he's going to come up with huge hits for us. No matter how he's swinging the bat, at any moment he can put a good stroke on the ball and do what he did.

We've got our staff back. We've got a better lineup. We're going to be a lot better.

Every time IBM sells a product that uses our technology, it damages us. That will come out at the trial,

Every game is huge right now, especially for us. We're the ones chasing. It's almost like we have to win when they win and we have to win when they lose. It doesn't leave us too much room for error.

It was almost worse. It's like this feeling that you just let a whole lot of people down. I know for myself, I don't want to feel that way again.

Somebody said, 'Hey, let's grow beards.' OK, let's do it. I guess it doesn't take much for us to go with it. It's something fun for us.

Sounds awesome. He's going to do nothing but help us, and hopefully he'll get back to his old form. Hopefully it'll be like the Shannon Stewart trade.

They were loud. Every pitch, every strike, they got louder and louder. I wish it could be like that all season. I wish they'd come back.

They go hand and hand. That's one of the good things ? I'll be able to stay on the same schedule there as I would here anyway.

There's broad frustration and even antagonism out there. Americans perceive unions as people who put the interests of their members first. They don't feel the unions pay enough concern to getting rid of ineffective teachers. They see unions as challenging and often trying to stop school reform.

At least top three. A lot of times wins are out of your control, so all he can do is try to finish off strong with his last three (starts) and get his win total up a little bit and hopefully his other numbers are strong enough to persuade some people to go that route.

It's going to be a tough opening month. I think most of us are just looking forward to getting the season going and looking forward to the challenge of it. Hopefully we can get off to a good start and play the best baseball right away because it's not going to be an easy stretch.

It's going to be more of a mental battle for guys that use them on a regular basis. Once they get over that, it won't impact them at all. But until then, it may.

It's great and all. It's not like we're playing for individual things. It's nice to have but at the same time, I'd trade it in for a playoff berth.

It's really nice to get out there the next day. You don't want to be sitting down there thinking about it any longer than you have to.

That's out of his control. Hopefully the other numbers prove to be stronger.

I've had superintendents tell me 'Joe, you're right. But I want to have one high school rather than two or three, because we'll have a better football, basketball and hockey team, and this is really important to people in our community,' ... So one of the things is, how does the community feel about sports? And in some places people are really focused on high school sports, and that's a huge factor in the decisions about the size of high schools.

I wanted to keep them from scoring on Johan as best I could, knowing what's at stake for him being in the Cy Young race, ... He could use as many scoreless innings as you could get for him.

By the end of the season, one will be entrenched as the Twins' stopper and it's a very good chance that it will be Nathan.

These guys are doing what they have to do right now to put runs on the board, especially when we as a staff aren't doing as well as we'd like to. We still have to pick up some slack and when we do, hopefully we can pick them up sometimes, too.

This is a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing of this season. For our team to battle back, for them to do what they did and the way the guys threw before, it was awesome.

This is a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing blown saves for me.

The last two outings were as sharp as we've seen him. Hopefully he's through his little slow start and on the right track. And now maybe other guys feed off what he's doing.