Jason Giambi Last Quotations

I did the things I needed to do, took care of it and played last year and have just gone forward. I?m not really worried about it.

I feel great. I'm ready to go. Last year, before the season started, I missed a couple of months just trying to get healthy, so it's been exciting to start from Day 1 like I've normally done, training and working out.

I was all over the place then. I had been hit (by a pitch) in the head and had been doing so much work since spring training to try and make up for last year that I was just strung out. But I knew it would change.

Johnny and I spoke a few times over the last week and I strongly encouraged him to sign with the Yankees. It is good to know that our lineup next year will include a natural leadoff hitter whose presence allows Jeter and A-Rod to return to their preferred places in the batting order. Johnny is a good friend and a great guy to have in the clubhouse. I am very excited about having him as a teammate again.

I think I can be a .300 hitter and drive in 100 runs again, definitely. When I had a knee injury (in 2003) I kept playing but I fell into a lot of bad habits. I've worked with Donnie to break those, and I think that hard work paid off last summer. I see no reason why I can't do the things I did before.

When I got home, I wasn't sick, so I was able to continue all of the hard work I did last year. It was nice to be able to get back on that routine, start lifting, training and hitting, keep working on those things.

Without the veteran ball club we have, we could have very easily gotten swept, especially against a pitcher like Brad. They beat Mo last night, and this could have turned into a disaster. You give away a game, then get beat, and it turns into something bad. We got the taste out of our mouths.

This is the best I've felt in a while putting on a Yankee uniform. My swing has been really good so far this year. ... The main thing was just a lot of hard work that Donnie (Mattingly) and I put in last year.

This is the best I've felt the last couple of years. It was nice to come back and be able to work out right from the get-go after the way I finished the year last year.

I've got some hits the last two days, and I've done well, but it wasn't any kind of miracle. I wish it would have changed my career stats, but it doesn't.

I have no idea what's in the book. I handled it last year and I've gone forward from that.

You couldn't ask for a better ending the Yankees and Red Sox for the last three games.

This is all news to me. I didn't know any more of this than what you guys know. I've done what I had to do last year and I've gone forward. I handled it last year, gone forward and I'm worried about winning a World Series now. It was the best thing I needed to do.

It's unbelievable, especially after everything that I've battled through, ... It's exciting, especially after being sick last year.

We changed it up a little bit (from last year) because my ability to lift was already there. I had that base. We started squatting right away, lunging.