Jason Giambi Quotations

I would give it a try, but they said don't even try. It's not worth risking it. I'm walking a little better. It's not so tight.

I got those pretty good. It's been a long time since I've hit balls like that. The ball doesn't usually carry here that well.

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.

If we didn't keep adding on runs, they would have come back on us. That team doesn't quit.

I have known him since I was in the minor leagues with the A's. I have had a lot of good times with him.

I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.

I feel like I've got my bat speed back.

I got a gift, he threw me a breaking ball and I just got the bat head to it. I hit it off the pole and Randy made it hold up. This was a big win for us.

He's a big part of this team offensively. Every guy in this lineup is an All-Star, and anytime you're missing that big a piece of the puzzle, especially the way we've kind of got it going offensively, it kind of throws you off a little bit.

I love being in that spot, and it's always great to come through,

I love being in that spot, and it's great to come through. Hopefully, this will get us going and get us on a little bit of a tear.

He was outstanding. We gave him that early lead and he didn't disappoint.

He couldn't even speak; he couldn't stop crying,

He couldn't stop crying. It almost made me cry. He's an unbelievable man. I got pretty choked up.

He was unbelievable, ... He gave us the start we needed. (John) Lackey was pitching great and Shawn matched him zero for zero. For his first postseason start, you can't ask for more.

He was unbelievable. He gave us the start we needed. (John) Lackey was pitching great and Shawn matched him zero for zero. For his first postseason start, you can't ask for more.

When they first got down there they were trying to speed him along. I talked to him and he said they had some good workouts . . . I don't care how much you train or whatever you do, you can't simulate being on the field and playing baseball.

He's always been our guy. We're going to go as far as he takes us, no doubt about it.

He?s going to go out there and with his personality, he?s going to have fun. Definitely, they?re going to miss him. He was a cult hero over there. That was a big loss for them and a big gain for us.

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.

He loves the city. He's got that mentality. He knows what he needs to do. He has a good time. But he's pitched some great games at the right time. I think he would fit in well.

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.

Jaret Wright's the reason why we had a chance to win tonight. He kept his composure.

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'm still playing the game, having a great time.

I was just trying to stay in my strike zone. I enjoy (multi-homer) games, it makes it fun. I'm just trying to stay locked in. This is the best I've felt in a couple years.

Over the course of the season, you're not going to score 10 runs every night. You need to win the 2-1 games, too, and we're not going to have to sit back and wait for a big homer to win a game. We can scratch and claw with Johnny and Derek up top, which is important.

I think he was harder on himself. He wanted to come in here and win 25 games. He battled for us, and even when he didn't have his best stuff, he helped us win. You know you've had a great career when 17 wins is a bad year.

I was trying to get him to roll over, ... I got a lot of outs on my breaking ball. It was a good pitch.

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.

I still get bored, but I don't mind. I've never been very good at it. It's good for me to sometimes get some rest, though. It's gotten Andy some at-bats, which is good, because he's a great player.

I think it's pretty pathetic that they tried to drag my father into it.

I think it's pretty pathetic they want to drag my father into this. I've moved on. I mean that's just sad that someone would try and do that to sell a book.

I think it's cool. It lays out that we have a lot of personalities, but one common goal. We have 25 superstars who came here to get that opportunity to win.

I think it's going to be a little bit easier for Johnny. He's coming over from Boston. I think he has already been through it. He's not going to have the deer in the headlights (look), where I came over from Oakland and the media outweighs the players.

It ain't cheating if you don't get caught.

We know it's still early, but you don't want to fall as far behind and get in that rut where you have to battle back. You don't want to find yourself coming to the ballpark, giving away a win and then the next day, you get beat. Before you know it, it turns into something bad.

We have to win every single night, ... We create our own destiny; it's in our hands. If we win every night, we put the pressure on everybody else. We don't have to depend on anyone else to win or lose. As long as we keep taking care of ourselves, we'll be all right.

We have to worry about winning, ... I'm glad that tonight, I came up big. They came in big situations, which is what's most important.

We could have easily had the momentum swing and gotten swept. We could have turned this into a disaster.

We could have easily had the momentum swing and just got swept, especially with Brad Radke on the mound. He's been throwing the ball (well). We could have easily turned this into a disaster.

We just couldn't seem to get the big hit to break open games.

That's true, but winter ball is really huge for some of the Latin American countries.

We don't get worried when we're behind. We know we're only a few walks and a few swings from being back in the ballgame.

That's the way this team works. We score a lot of runs in one inning because we work pitchers and work walks and eventually there is no room to put anybody else.

That's what he does best. That's what makes him the player that he is: He gets on base. He scores runs. He gives you an opportunity to score a run when he gets on.

That was our big theory when I was with Oakland. Run up the guy's pitch counts, 'cause then you get the starting pitcher out of the game in the fifth inning. You're making him throw 100 pitches and he's gone.

That was a Yankee Stadium homer, for sure,

That was a gift, no doubt about it, ... As good as his knuckleball was today, that was definitely a gift.

That was huge, especially with them throwing up a four-spot in the first, ... This is a big win for us, especially with the way we came back.

We were all thinking in the back of our minds, oh God, here we go, the Devil Rays have our number.

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.

Typical Moose, he turns it on and gets sharp after a few hits. He looked great. We need him to be huge this season and this is a great starting point.

We have to go play what seems like the World Champions in Tampa. We have to win every day, and we're going to play the team that's actually given us the most problems. We have to play good baseball.

We always believed. We always thought we'd be here in the end and now we're not going to let our comeback be wasted.

Coming from Boston, one thing you know about Johnny is that he's not going to be intimidated in New York. He knows what pressure is and he's not going to let it change him.

We've been close. They're letting us know we need to get over the top.

The shot has helped me a lot, ... I had tendinitis.

You figured they would come back. They're hot, we're hot, so it should be a good series. You couldn't ask for a better ending, no doubt about it.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

We all knew it was only a matter of time before the offense started to come around. I think guys finally started to relax a little bit. Now we're coming up with that big hit, driving in that big run.

We had our shots. You gotta come up with that big hit. And we haven't come up with it yet.

Actually, Joe was the one who congratulated me, ... And I said: 'For what? I know ain't gotten a hit in a while.' But it's exciting, no doubt about it.

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I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.

A little surprised, yeah, ... but I've been around Billy Beane a long time. I know at the beginning, he made some moves that weren't very popular, but I understood where he was going. (Tim) Hudson's and (Mark) Mulder's contracts were coming up. The team, the manager, the players have done an unbelievable job.

That's what makes him The Godfather. It always seems to work out.

They've been here so many times, I think with Joe and the veteran players, they believe. They believe in their ability and they believe they can make a difference.

People don't realize this game is not fair. I've seen some great players who, for whatever reason, never got the opportunity. To keep going back to Triple A, when you know in your heart you have nothing to prove there, it takes a special kid to do that.

There's nothing more special than seeing excitement on a child's face.

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 game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

This is the best I've felt in a while. My swing has been really good so far this year.

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 in a while, putting on the Yankee uniform. My swing has felt good this 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.

You never pick up the ball until it's too late. He throws just hard enough to sneak a fastball by you when you're looking for a breaking pitch. I was glad we signed him because that meant I didn't have to face him.

This is the fun time of the year. This is what you play the whole season for. ... If you don't play (well) in September, there's no October.

This is the first I've heard of it. I don't know what to say.

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 know we like to think baseball is America's game, but that isn't totally true. There are some teams out there that can play this game pretty well.

I'm not worried about it. I did the things that I needed to do. I just want to go forward.

I'm just glad we won. If I had hit three solo shots and we lost, who cares? ... They came in big spots. I love playing in this ballpark. I came through here a lot of years with the A's. I see the ball well, and it gets out of here to left.

I'm just going to stay within my strike zone. I can be just as valuable getting on base with my walks and running up pitch counts. I'll stay selective. I feel good at the plate, and I'll keep hitting the ball hard.

I have nothing to say. I haven't seen it.

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

I'm just swinging the bat and playing the game. I haven't really thought about it. If I'm swinging the bat good, so I don't think it matters where I'm playing.

I'm just trying to go up there and get a good pitch, ... I got a couple of mistakes and was able to hit them hard.

I've known Wash probably longer than most of those kids in their clubhouse, ... I just felt it was a little something I wanted to do.

I'm getting my pitches and I'm not missing them. This was a big win for us. We had to kick and scratch for everything.

Ask me (Sunday). I guess one thing is that the field will be better. You don't want to have a mistake made that maybe wouldn't be made on a dry field.

The biggest thing is a lot of it was dealt with in the grand jury testimony. ... So I don't know how much you can talk about from there anyway. I guess I have to sit back, wait and see, but like I said, I'm not really worried about it.

Every New Yorker, they love to see somebody face adversity and still stand tall and not fall by the wayside. They like to see you man up and you take your beating, but you just keep going and ticking and keep working hard. And they love those stories. It's a tough town here, it really is, and a lot of players fall by the wayside out here.

Everybody sees Johnny Damon for long hair and the beard, but he's a great, great teammate. He's fun to play with. He'll be fun for this team. I think they'll really enjoy having Johnny around.

Everybody's goal is to win. When you're a veteran player, you don't worry about getting your numbers, because everybody here has gotten their contract and has gotten paid. It's all about winning, and to do that, you have to concentrate on the little things.

Everybody wants to come here and win. We've been close, but we need to get over the top this year. No doubt about it.

It's relaxed a lot more. It's a lot better, definitely.

It turns into two and three because you rest Monday and start again on Tuesday. That's huge.

It's pretty pathetic to drag my father into it. Give me a break.

It's unbelievable. I'm speechless. I'm definitely honored. It's been a lot of hard work and a long road.