Mariano Rivera Quotes
They called me in the eighth to be ready, ... I said, `I`m ready.`
I knew that, but I wasn`t thinking about that, ... I just wanted to get him out.
I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped up. He was a different pitcher today.
We can`t just go there and play around. We have to go there with the mentality that we have to win.
Times are changing. I can`t conceive what Juan Marichal and all those guys went through before. Today you have so many Latin players, so many Latino superstars, they take care of the kids when they come up to the big leagues. It`s different now. It`s totally different.
I wasn`t going to let (Wells) beat me. We had a base open; that was the plan.
I wanted to be in there and face Ortiz.
I could have thrown 100 pitches today and it wouldn`t have mattered.
I didn`t want to give in, ... I didn`t want him to get a little blooper or something. I wouldn`t have been able to sleep tonight.
I didn`t want to give him anything for him to get a blooper. I wouldn`t be able to sleep tonight.
