44 Quotes by Aaron Small

They really gave me my first real shot, a chance to pitch in the big leagues, ... To do it here against them, it's special. I can't put this into words yet.

It's fine if that's what people want to call me, because I have journeyed a lot, ... I've earned a lot of frequent-flyer miles over the years.

It's a rewarding feeling right now. It can't get any better than this but I hope it does.

It really hasn't sunk in yet, ... To do it at this level, with this team, in this kind of race we're in. I'm just glad I could help this team. They gave me an opportunity. They had the faith to bring me up here.

It's all my teammates. They deserve the credit,

It just wasn't my time to leave the game.

I've heard I have an outside chance as the fifth starter, and if not maybe as a middle or long reliever. They like my flexibility to work in any situation. I'll be ready for whatever they want me to do.

There's times I looked around, but never in awe, ... In Columbus, we had about 1,200 people and here we had, what, about 50,000, so it's a little different.

Once I felt good, it was a matter of just getting in games and getting my pitch count up. They were really cautious, which was good. It's something you don't want to nag you or to pop back up later. I hated missing every bit of it up here, but we took our time and got it right.