Todd Pratt Quotations

If we don't win, none of it matters.

He really took his strength-and-conditioning program seriously, and he's reaping the benefits and driving the ball. I've seen Jimmy in the weight room during the season more than I've ever seen him in the past.

He had more velocity on his fastball, his changeup was slower, and he had sharper breaking stuff. He had better stuff than he did in May.

He has been great, ... This is what the organization made that investment for.

He's dirty. There isn't much to explain when you see the numbers out there and how quickly he went through the lineup.

He's doing what an ace should do. He's our ace, that's the bottom line.

He's been hot for the last 12 or 13 starts. You take away the Colorado game (on July 31). If you put those numbers up, it's been pretty awesome.

Jon has really done his part in the second half of the season. Unfortunately it seems like the guys he pitches against are just as tough.

I think that charged the club. Whether he hit Bobby to send a message or not, I think the team backed up Bobby. We scored five unanswered runs, and that nailed the coffin.

I will say this: The last seven weeks of the season, these guys learned how to be winners. We're just as good as any team still playing.

I think he really took his conditioning and strength training seriously this year and stayed with it. I've seen him more in the weight room this year than ever.

I think Ryan's proven everything he can prove.

I think we have to win that series. And that?s it. We need to win (tonight). We have to win innings. You can break it down to that.

I think you're seeing playoff baseball. I think (the wild-card race) is coming down to the last week.

When you're in the noose, maybe that's dire straits. We come out tomorrow and we play. Who says we can't win four in a row? Who says they can't lose four out of five? Until you're mathematically out, you go out there and play ball.

We don't go unless (Rollins) goes. He had a great series and was the biggest reason we went 2-1 against Florida. He has to understand that he's the key to this lineup.

We're going to be talking about this race the final week of the season.

I've been on some great teams. I'm just really proud. I can't express enough how proud I am of this team. The personality. The get-after-it attitude every day. I expect no less these next four games. I told you guys this a month ago: It's probably going to come down to the final weekend in Washington.

To put it best, it's Southern comfort, ... He's personable; he takes care of things behind closed doors and doesn't show you up. He generally cares about everyone on the squad, where, in the past, that hasn't always been the case.

To put it best, it's Southern comfort. He's personable; he takes care of things behind closed doors and doesn't show you up. He generally cares about everyone on the squad, where, in the past, that hasn't always been the case.

I've never seen anything like that, ... You just sit down and go, 'This is unbelievable that this is happening.'

The way I look at it, it was a great game.

You do your job, and you don't get in, it's hard.

I wanted him to throw the same pitch and I gave him a signal to tell him, 'I'll block this one,'

Especially when you see Houston there. I love baseball, but I'm definitely watching football. Plus, I have to keep up with my guys.

In the last seven weeks, the team learned how to be winners. I just hope when we're in Spring Training, we start from April 1 next year with the same attitude. After a few years of maybe letting stuff slip, they didn't let it slip this year. I think they learned you can't say it's early in April anymore.

His conditioning and strength factor is much better than it was at the start of the season,

I don't know how much he's going to play, but I'm going to take a shot at him. Or, if someone needs somebody, I could trade him.

The division leaders better watch out for the Wild Card teams because that's what happens. Teams start playing playoff baseball the last month, where division leaders are playing well, but the pressure's not there. You've seen that happen a lot.

That's a good lineup over there. I think he made only one mistake all day, the double by Langerhans.

There's been three-game losing streaks before and there's been three-game winning streaks before.

If he scores runs, we win. He really took his strength and conditioning (program) seriously and he's finding out the benefits of it now.

The last several days we showed the stuff that it takes to win. We're as good as any team still in it. I really believe that.