Jeff Kent Quotations

Last year we started 12-2, and you guys had us going to the World Series already. Now we're 4-4 and you have concerns. I'm kind of perplexed.

I don't have a set program or plan. It all leads to wanting to be game-ready. There is a finish line.

I don't feel a sense of urgency. We've been trying to gain ground almost all year, but I don't see guys acting any different than earlier. And if they are, then they weren't doing a good enough job before.

I handled it all right. I'm tired of talking about it. I'm OK.

He looks old but he's still swinging the bat, ... It just looks like every time he gets up there he's trying to hit a home run.

It hurts. I think guys were disappointed in themselves, a little embarrassed.

I think the game was out of hand before that (home run). It doesn't (mean a great deal) because I don't have anything to compare it to. I'm not a baseball historian. I don't go home and add it up. I'll add it all up after I retire.

I think we're playing good baseball. We're getting a lot of hits, scoring a lot of runs, despite playing in bad weather except for the last two days. I remember last year we were 12-2 and we were supposed to be going to the World Series.

I think (Tuesday) was the final decision. I'd been racking my brain, pulling my hair out (about whether to retire). I talked to some people in the game and my family, most importantly. It came to a head last night.

That was a fantastic at-bat. That's what you try to do - I've seen him do that before.

I've been wracking my brain, pulling my hair out thinking about it. I've been talking to people in the game and my family, most importantly. I've been talking with my boys. It came to a head last night.

Things are happening for Barry right now and nobody else needs to be included.

The wrist is OK. Today was a good day. It was a heck of a lot better day than the last few weeks have been because I got to get out there and play.

The roads are better than when I started, and I think I've been fair in spending your money.

That's not an excuse. Me and Barry fought all the time and we went to the World Series.

Does it matter? ... It's all about contributing to a world championship.

They have veteran experience and they've been able to pitch consistently. Yeah, they've had their ups and downs, but I think our rotation has been more stable than any other team in our division, which is a benefit -- especially down the stretch.

It's not about the money. I've got enough money. My last four or five years, all I've wanted was to be part of a winner.

I'm very happy with the direction the team is going and I'm looking forward to finishing my career in a Dodger uniform. This is a great way to close out my career in front of my parents and I'm pretty proud that we were able to get this done.

I'm willing to dedicate myself for another couple of years. It's safe to say I'm proud to be able to retire a Dodger. I'm 99.9 percent sure this is the last contract of my career.

If you're going to accept the good times, you have to accept the bad times. This team is good enough to get through this. We'll be all right. I've played many years and I've been through this many times. These things happen.

I played with Oswalt for two years, and the best chance to get him is to get him before he's warmed up -- because he's so good,

I played behind Roy for two years. Because he's so good the best chance to get him is before he's warmed up. A lot of our hitters were patient with their swings.

I played behind Roy for two years, and that's the best chance you have of getting the kid is to get him before he gets warmed up, ... He quick-pitched us a lot, as he normally does, but a lot of his pitches were balls. He put himself in a hole by getting behind in the count.

I didn't think I was going to hit home runs in the big leagues. I'm not a home run hitter. I try not to hit home runs. I drive the ball in the gaps, and if one gets up, great.

I'm tired of leaving my wife at home with no nanny and no cook to take care of four kids by herself.

Do I race motorcycles? I do. I use the word 'race' because, I admit, what I do on a motocross bike is different than riding a Harley down the street.

I'm a Mormon. I don't do a lot of the off-the-field activities that athletes are known to do. And I guess I've created a world that is unlike the typical world of a professional athlete.

If you want to get to know me, you have to get off the baseball field. Because when I'm on the field, and in the clubhouse, I'm doing what I'm paid to do, what I love to do, and man, I hate it when I fail.

Some guys play not to get hurt, and they're never really as good as they can be. That's not the way I play.

I like the laid-back, polite, respectful courteous personality cowboys have. Guys almost lay down their life for you if they're your friends. You exist on a handshake rather than a signed contract.

I can't be No. 1 with an MVP trophy. I could be No. 1 with the championship ring and the championship trophy on my fireplace.

Winning is the only thing that makes me happy. Ask my wife. I don't get happy about anniversaries or birthdays. I don't care about that. Just winning.

A lot of young kids have had opportunities to play,