More - Mariano Rivera Quotes

[Rivera threw Damon 10 pitches, all of them cut fastballs with the intent of breaking in toward the lefthanded hitter.] I didn't want to give him anything so he can get a little blooper or something like that, ... I won't be able to sleep tonight.

Mariano Rivera

 

It was a fantastic finish! 'Mo' was lights-out in the ninth, ... And now we've got these crying Red Sox fans, just as it should be. Now we've just got to turn up the intensity tomorrow and push the Red Sox into a playoff with the Indians.

Mariano Rivera

 

I missed my pitch. When you do that and leave a ball over the plate, they're going to hit it.

Mariano Rivera

 

We needed to go there and battle. Wang pitched tremendous and allowed our hitters to come back, and Cano hit the home run. It's the end of the season, so we have to give it everything we've got.

Mariano Rivera

 

I threw maybe 12 pitches, ... I knew that Ortiz was going to pinch hit. I wanted to face him.

Mariano Rivera

 

I wasn't going to let [Wells] beat me. We had a base open; that was the plan.

Mariano Rivera

 

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.

Mariano Rivera

 

I wanted to be in there and face Ortiz.

Mariano Rivera

 

I didn't want to give him anything for him to get a blooper. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Mariano Rivera

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I could have thrown 100 pitches today and it wouldn't have mattered.

Mariano Rivera