Previous Quotes of the Month!
Here you will find a listing of past quotes which appeared on our page as Quotes of the Month. (Most recent quotes appear first.)
2002
"I don't know what else to try against him, other than standing on top of home plate, which you can't do."
---Montreal Expos infielder Mike Mordecai, a former Brave, on his team's futility against Tom Glavine.
"How touching" & "Where's my cake?"
---Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, respectively, on starting their 10th year pitching together.
"I've already said goodbye to some of the guys, and the tears are right there ready to go out."
---Eddie Perez on leaving the Braves.
2001
"We get to go there and watch them get their (NL Championship) rings."
"If that doesn't motivate you, I don't know what will."
--Brian Jordan on playing the Mets at NY on their Opening Day.
"Hardest thing we had to do this spring was tell Steve Avery he wouldn't be on the team."
--Pitching Coach Leo Mazzone.
"One more year out of baseball." "What else can I say? It [stinks].
I don't even want to show up at the field. I don't want people to see my face."
--Catcher Eddie Perez, who needs further surgery on his ailing shoulder.
"He looked pretty good out there." "I don't know if he was trying to throw hard, but I know his fastball was pretty hard, very sneaky. It was a good sign."
--Javy Lopez on John Smoltz at the start of Spring Training.
"There's about 200 less of you ding-a-lings."
--John Rocker referring to the media at Spring Training.
"BJ [Jordan] and Rocker gave each other a big-hug welcome."
--Eddie Perez who explained that it was important on several levels to see that from two teammates whose relationship deteriorated last year after Rocker's outburst against minorities.
"We have to be together." "We don't have Big Cat [Andres Galarraga] anymore." "We didn't get the guys we wanted [through free agency]." "We have to pull each other together with everybody that's been hurt, and we'll be fine."
--Eddie Perez on what is needed from the team.
Everything after Spring 2000
"While (right fielder) Brian Jordan and I take care of everything toward the foul lines, Andruw takes care of everything else."
--Reggie Sanders on the Braves outfield strategy.
"That was a rough day." "The only thing, I'm glad it was yesterday and not tomorrow."
--Bobby Cox after the Braves blew a 5-3 ninth-inning lead, and the home-field advantage for the first round, in a 10-5 loss to the Rockies on Sunday October 1, 2000.
"Anyone who didn't think the Mets would be a serious challenger has been proven wrong." "But no one in this room thought that. We all knew the Mets are good. We all knew the Mets were going to give us a challenge."
--League-leading 21-game winner Tom Glavine on the Mets' half-game lead over the Braves.
"I fed him, burped him and let him throw up on me. We had a big time."
--Chipper Jones about his new son, Larry Wayne Jones, III, a/k/a Trey, who was born June 30, 2000 at 11:30 p.m.
"No man in an argyle sweater vest should be called 'Bubba'!!!"
--Trenidad Hubbard talking about Asst. Trainer, Jeff Porter, sometimes known as "Bubba," who frequently wears sweater vests.
"Tommy has always been Mr. Big around here, and he did it again today."
--Bobby Cox after the Braves salvaged a split of the four-game series against their closest pursuer, the NY Mets.
"We got our confidence back."
--Javy Lopez, who rebounded from a 1-for-22 slump by going 7-for-16 in four games, including a season-high three hits in Sunday's game against the Mets.
"Atlanta is going to win!" "They are going to Kick your (butts), (steal) your girlfriends and drink your beer!"
--Ozzie Guillen, now with Tampa Bay, to a crazy Yankees fan in New York who told Ozzie he could come watch George Steinbrenner and the Yankees in the World Series Parade!
"He cooks. I do the dishes. We won't go hungry, I'll say that." "He cooks everything...beef, pork, chicken, plantains...you name it. He could open a restaurant."
--Luis Rivera, a 21-year-old from Mexico who isn't used to eating home-cooked meals during the season, talking about the cooking talents of his roommate, Rafael Furcal.
"We try not to worry about all the other stuff that's going to arise from Rock coming back."
--Fellow reliever Mike Remlinger on the return of John Rocker.
Spring, 2000
"I started (the spring) like Eddie Perez and I ended up like Carl Lewis."
--Javy Lopez laughing on Saturday after testing out his knee, legging out a double and eventually trying to score on a Keith Lockhart double.
October, 1999
"To get a bigger hand than Hank Aaron in Atlanta is almost like getting a bigger hand than God in heaven."
--Pete Rose on his introduction to the All Century team at Turner Field during the 1999 World Series.
"It's Wrigley Field, it's the fans, it's the opportunity to manage the Chicago Cubs." "That's a team recognized all over the world. You don't get that opportunity too many times. I was looking for a team that can make a difference, a team a town can rally around."
--Don Baylor on why he signed on to be manager of the Chicago Cubs.
"We've always relied on pitching and power hitting. But when you don't execute the little things, it sticks out like a thorn. The Yankees may be in the American League, but they play like a National League team. They play the right way. They do all the little things you need to do to win."
--John Smoltz on the Yankees beating the Braves in the 1999 World Series.
September, 1999
"Hurry up, I haven't eaten yet!"
--Ryan Klesko to Martita in NY when she asked to get a photo with him.
"I want a ring." "I've got plenty of division titles. I don't have enough rings."
--Greg Maddux during the 1999 Division Series.
"We treated it just like a playoff series...we're not going to let anybody slip in the back door via the Atlanta Braves. You've got to protect the integrity of baseball."
--Chipper Jones on the '99 season-ending series against the Mets.
"I look forward to the next day. If you have a long memory, you need to find another line of work."
--Rudy Seanez at a recent Braves Luncheon when asked the question "How do you recover from a disappointing outing? How do you shake the memory?"
"You look up at the scoreboard, and they just never lose."
--Bret Boone on the Mets.
"If I die tomorrow, that's OK."
--Pascual Matos who after being denied a three-run homer when the umpires reversed a call, followed with a two-run single in the eighth inning for his first major-league hit, giving the Atlanta Braves a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros on August 9, 1999.
"I got a lot of high-fives in the tunnel." "They can fine me if they want to, but I was getting the hell out of there."
--Chipper Jones after ducking into the Giants dugout to escape lightening that halted the game on 8/8/99 for 34 minutes.
"We'll be all right." "He's still my friend."
--Eddie Perez on his friendship with Paul Byrd.
"I was tired of being a dork."
--Greg Maddux on why he had his eye laser surgery.
August, 1999
"Awesome. Tremendous. Unbelievable."
--Denny Neagle, sweating and beaming, after his workout on Saturday, July 17th.
"I would rather go 0 for 4 and have fun the night before."
--Anonymous player in New York during the Yankees series.
"You know, I thought Bobby (Cox) was my friend. He's trying to ruin my career, he's playing me everyday!"
--Ozzie Guillen on playing more often.
"He was going so slow, he almost just sat down!"
--Skip Caray on Maddux sliding into third.
July, 1999
"This year they're stealing my underwear."
--Javy Lopez on stopping only four of 16 attempted steals this year after throwing out a career-high 33.8 percent of attempted steals in 1998.
"I've really come to hate those initials. It's safe to say none of my children will have the initials D.L."
--John Smoltz after being put on the disabled list for the third time in two seasons.
June, 1999
"Talk about literally close to home, all the streets they're naming, I've been on those roads they're talking about. It's a perfect snapshot of suburbia. Talk about a shocker. It's disturbing. It enrages me. It makes me sick."
--Walt Weiss on the tragic shootings at a Colorado school on April 20, 1999.
"Uhm..the little twerp?"
--Tom Glavine laughing in response to a reporter asking him "If Randy Johnson is the Big Unit, what are you?"
May, 1999
"I think it's smart on his part." "There will be 29 clubs clamoring to get him. I think a fresh start will be good for him. I'm pulling for him. I hope he goes to the American League and shoots lights out."
"I guess he's my ex-teammate now, but he's still my friend." "Obviously he feels going to a different organization is in his own best interest and I support him 100 percent. I totally understand. Am I surprised? Yeah, but I think you're always surprised the first time something like this happens."
--Bobby Cox and Greg Maddux on Mark Wohlers decision to not accept a Braves minor league assignment.
"This trip is kind of messed up." "We're going to Philadelphia. Cold. Colorado. Cold. Florida. Maybe cold. It's tough but that's part of baseball. Whatever schedule you have, you have to play, but in my three years, we've never had as bad a road trip."
--Andruw Jones on the Braves current road trip.
"Do you see the word 'fool' on my forehead?"
--Halle Berry in response to the rumors that she and ex-husband Dave Justice are getting back together.
"He gave me a big hug." "He told me to go hard."
--Ryan Klesko on his visit with Andres Galarraga.