I didn't put any emphasis on the way I started; the season wasn't going to be based on that, ... People started doubting me, but I don't pay attention to that. I know what I can do, I know who I am and what I'm capable of. I knew the season wasn't going to be like those two games. You can't judge a player on the first two games. Mariano Rivera
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny 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 Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1JpdmVyYSB0aHJldyBEYW1vbiAxMCBwaXRjaGVzLCBhbGwgb2YgdGhlbSBjdXQgZmFzdGJhbGxzIHdpdGggdGhlIGludGVudCBvZiBicmVha2luZyBpbiB0b3dhcmQgdGhlIGxlZnRoYW5kZWQgaGl0dGVyLl0gSSBkaWRuJ3Qgd2FudCB0byBnaXZlIGhpbSBhbnl0aGluZyBzbyBoZSBjYW4gZ2V0IGEgbGl0dGxlIGJsb29wZXIgb3Igc29tZXRoaW5nIGxpa2UgdGhhdCwgLi4uIEkgd29uJ3QgYmUgYWJsZSB0byBzbGVlcCB0b25pZ2h0LiA=&author=ICBNYXJpYW5vIFJpdmVyYSAgICA=&num=2 "[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 Quotes")
![I wasn't going to let [Wells] beat me. We had a base open; that was the plan. - Mariano Rivera Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSB3YXNuJ3QgZ29pbmcgdG8gbGV0IFtXZWxsc10gYmVhdCBtZS4gV2UgaGFkIGEgYmFzZSBvcGVuOyB0aGF0IHdhcyB0aGUgcGxhbi4g&author=ICBNYXJpYW5vIFJpdmVyYSAgICA=&num=8 "I wasn't going to let [Wells] beat me. We had a base open; that was the plan. - Mariano Rivera Quotes")
