Johnny Damon Tough Quotations

Baltimore plays us tough all the time, but we caught them towards the end of the season. There's been a lot going on here. That was a positive for us.

It was awesome. He had some tough at-bats, but he showed what he could do.

It's tough facing guys you've never faced, that your team has never faced.

Tonight was a special night. Everything just clicked really well. Hopefully we can do that every single night, although we know that's going to be pretty tough to do.

The last thing we want to do is to embarrass our country, with how much they've given to every single Major League player. We can't go there and get embarrassed. We need to go out, hustle, play hard and do all that good stuff. There are some tough teams, so we can't expect to go out and win just by throwing our gloves on the field.

He's our ace. We're going to keep going out there and patting him on the back. It's a tough loss. He's going to be fine against New York. It could come down to that one game, I know Schilling will show up.

They weren't intimidated by our lead. They went out and put some runs on the board. This is going to be a tough year, with a bunch of tough games against those guys. They're definitely very dangerous.

They weren't intimidated by our lead. It's going to be a tough year, a bunch of tough games with those guys. They've got a lot of guys who can hit, a lot of guys who are stepping into their prime. They definitely are very dangerous.

A good leadoff hitter is tough to find. And I think New York just found the best leadoff hitter in the game.

More times than not, he's going to come through. He threw some tough pitches on the outside of the plate to get him looking out there, then he threw a perfect pitch in. Shields was an All-Star for a reason.

We're going through a tough time but we've still got our heads above water. We're going to be fine.

It all feels tough still. It's not just the Yankees chasing us, it's all the wild-card teams, too. It's been an incredible race.

This is only one game, but it's disappointing. We had only four hits and we can't do that. It was a tough night to hit for everybody, but we have to do better.