Andy Pettitte Quotes
It`s a lot of pressure in these games. Really for me, the hardest thing was that I couldn`t pitch going through that mentally, wishing that some of that could have been on me.
I want to help this team take that step to get into a World Series, ... For the organization and for the city, it`s extremely important to me.
I felt good. I stayed within myself. `Bigg` hit the big home run.
I wish I could have been there to help out as far as pitching,
There`s been several times that I thought this would be my last start, but we`ve been able to get through it, ... Nothing ever where I didn`t think I`d be able to pitch, but just, man, I might need to give it a few, give it a start or two. I had to confide in the trainers and confide in the doctors when they`d say, `We think you`re good to go,` and, `Keep working through it.`
What`s amazing is it happened so fast. Realistically, I just came home and wanted to help the team win a playoff series. That`s really what the goal was. Then Roger signed.
They`ve got some horses over there, and it`s no different than us. It`s going to be a battle. It`s going to be a tough series.
St. Louis had a great staff, and we look forward now to the Sox,
I couldn`t have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I was Santa Claus after throwing those pitches. It was just sickening, especially the homer.
Like I`ve said before over and over, there`s nothing worse than getting paid to do something and you don`t feel like you`re doing your job.
