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Letter "J" » Jay Gibbons Quotes
«My first year [2001], I was making $200,000, and I thought that I had hit the lottery. My mind-set was to earn a starting job, not just make the team. It is all about timing. Albert Belle had a hip problem. The team asked if I was willing to play the outfield. I was willing to do anything.»
«Anytime a player is day-to-day like a Rule 5 player is, you can't help but take the bad games home with you. We asked for a contract in 2002 and 2003, but the Orioles weren't ready. If they had not given me a contract, I was going to play hard this year and see what happened in free agency.»
«I really like how this team looks in the clubhouse. I think it's going to be a lot better. We're together for six, seven months. It makes it a lot easier if guys get along and guys have fun. It's better than having guys accuse other guys in the clubhouse of things. That broke us up a little bit.»
«The ball was traveling well tonight. Usually in April it doesn't go anywhere. But 75 degrees, the ball was jumping.»
«It's exciting to win two games in a row like that, let alone one in a month. I love this. I hope we do it every night. It's a lot more fun than winning 10-0.»
«It's just one of those feel-good stories, singing the national anthem at the Oriole game.»
«I just wanted to give him something. It was the easiest thing I could do. I wanted him to have something of mine.»
«First time, yes. Second time, no. He uses that too much, in the back of your mind you know he has that, it's one of those pitches you know you can double clutch and still hit it. If he hasn't thrown it all game and he has two strikes on a guy and he throws it up there, it's going to mess a guy up.»
«It's almost like throwing the ball back to the umpire. He didn't like the ball. Same thing. It's pretty impressive if he can throw it for a strike.»
«It's an easy pitch to hit if you're looking for it or recognize it.»