Johan Santana Quotes

#1. To see all the fans getting into it, that's pretty special.

Johan Santana

#2. In order for you to win a game, a lot of things have to go right. Your team has to win. Your team has to perform. When you talk about striking out people or ERA, that's personal stuff and where you show people what kind of pitcher you are.

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#3. We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again.

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#4. I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

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#5. That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.

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#6. Being able to help, being able to go out there every five games, is definitely something I was waiting for.

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#7. I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch.

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#8. As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.

Brendan Gleeson

#9. We're proud of Venezuela and Venezuelan baseball. People in America don't realize it, but we've got 25, 30 million people here, and so many of us love baseball. This is a great place to look for talent.

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#10. I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

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#11. As a kid, I loved to play centerfield. I loved to make diving catches.

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#12. We did this together. We, as a team, made history tonight.

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#13. We live our thoughts and manifest them in our attitudes toward ourselves and others. We cannot live beyond our thoughts and convictions.

Israelmore Ayivor

#14. I have to drink a lot of fluids, try not to dehydrate, and keep stretching.

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#15. My changeup looks like a fastball, but one goes straight and the other goes away from the righthanded hitter. Sometimes it cuts by itself, and I don't know where it's going.

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#16. It's good to be compared with Randy Johnson, and it's wonderful to be compared to all the best pitchers in the game.

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#17. Meeting a namesake is one of the most delicate and most brief surprises.

Michael Chabon

#18. I used to be hyper, throw crazy and not think about what I wanted to do with each pitch. Now I have a better understanding of what it is to be a major league pitcher.

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#19. They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

Gracie Allen

#20. I just go out there and do what I do and try and hit my spots.

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#21. War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.

Tacitus

#22. I'm having fun and I'm not even trying to do much. Everything is coming together.

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#23. I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until it feels right.

Justin Verlander

#24. The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

Emma Thompson

#25. I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.

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#26. When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.

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#27. I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.

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#28. I don't try for strikeouts, but batters just swing and miss. I'd exchange strikeouts for more innings. As a starter, my job is to go deep into the game. When you get strikeouts, you throw a lot of pitches and sometimes you come out early.

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#29. I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.

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#30. I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.

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#31. It's a great feeling for me just to put my uniform on and be part of my team.

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#32. There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.

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#33. I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

Tom Peters

#34. In the future, I want to be consistent from Day 1. We're still making adjustments. I still believe that I can be better.

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#35. There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.

Vincent De Paul

#36. Dreams can come true, but you have to go for it.

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#37. Any of us probably could do more important things than we are doing. Any of us could use some changes in our tasks. But none of us - and still stay alive and sane - could do without something to do.

L. Ron Hubbard

#38. I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

Dexter Fletcher

#39. The most critical, defining battles we wage in life, we wage alone. Against ourselves. It

Karen Marie Moning

#40. I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself.

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