Definitely, I wish the timing would have been different, a time when we didn't have to worry about spring training and we have been throwing already so you can participate for your country. But it isn't. It is what it is. It's too bad. 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")
