Javier Vazquez Quotations

The expectations are here, they want to (repeat) again. I want to help as much as I can to do it again.

When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world championship team and I know they are trying to do it again. I know Kenny Williams has done a great job of keeping the team together and adding some pieces like Jim Thome.

I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.

Just trying to stay tall and work downhill, instead of side-to-side. Sometimes I have the tendency to go side-to-side. I need to work downhill, that's the arm angle I have to have.

I was throwing everything, my fastball, slider, curve ball and change up. I was throwing everything for strikes. I made some good pitches, and got out of a jam.

I was aware of it. But I'm not thinking about it. It's too tough to throw a no-hitter.

We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.

Being with four other guys who are great pitchers I think is only going to help, and when you are around great pitchers and a winning atmosphere everything is contagious.

There's other guys here and I know they want to pitch every five days, too, so it's not just me.

The wholesale market for SUVs has dropped considerably.

It's just disappointing to be losing all these games, man. It's really frustrating. We're not getting the job done and we're not winning games.

It's awesome. We have four guys from last year that were just great. I'm just blessed to be here and to be a part of it.

It's great for me coming here to a new team and having four great starters. I think it's going to help every one of us to push ourselves a little more.

It's nice any time you have a lot of offense. What can you say? We have a good lineup.

Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.

It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home runs, most of them are on mistakes. This wasn't a mistake.

It was a great atmosphere. Playing for our country was definitely one of the greatest experiences that I ever had. I knew it was going to be very important, but it was definitely more than what I expected.

I wanted to pitch. I thought I could pitch. The doctor said because I've lost a lot of fluids the past few days I was still going to be weak today, but I feel all right today.

They've never seen so many big league players be in a tournament like this. And in a lot of Latin American countries, I think there's a lot of pride in baseball as a national sport. They want to see us representing Puerto Rico to the best of our abilities.

I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,

I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.

I mean, what can you do? It kind of stinks that was the first hit. ... That's part of the game.

I had an up and down year with Arizona, but the most important thing is I got my confidence back. I think I have improved from where I was. My numbers were not great, but I think I improved. Hopefully, this year I have a better year.

In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.

I just felt better overall. My body, my arm felt better. It was special hearing the home crowd and throwing my first good game here. The last time, I stunk a little bit.

I just felt better overall, my body and my arm felt better. My fastball was pretty good today. I was locating both sides of the plate with all my pitches.

I don't think that right now you can say this team is going to be the favorite or this other team is going to be a favorite. A bunch of teams have great national teams. Obviously, the United States has a great team, and that's not secret, but I think we have a great team also.

I don't like it. But what can I do? I want to pitch every fifth day and they know that, but it's not my call. I'm not the manager.