26 Quotes by Braden Looper

I'm not as good as I'll be in a month. I'll definitely be better. The only thing that gets you better is getting into games. Every time out there I feel it's better, better, better.

I know my role is to get the ball to Izzy and that's fine. If he needs a day off, I can close. I always liked St. Louis. I didn't get to play my entire career there, but who knows, maybe I will finish it there.

I never thought that I would pitch for the Cardinals again. The adjustment will be easier than the one when I signed with the Mets. St. Louis is a baseball town with the greatest fans in the world.

It helped me just being in the game and it being not Spring Training. You're concentrating more, focused on what you're doing. I felt good, kept the ball down, which is what I want to do.

I don't want to say I expected to finish my career here, but I hoped I was going to pitch here for a while, ... I wish I would have pitched better. I don't think I was as bad as some people said, but you go out and give it all you've got.

You definitely get the blame because the game's won, ... I hold myself accountable.

The ultimate responsibility falls on me. We have a lot better team this year, regardless of this streak. I don't know why this is happening.

All right in a row, too. That was a big test because I thought I could go to that other side of the plate (inside on lefties), which I wasn't able to do much of last season.