32 Quotes by Brett Tomko

You've still got to respect and fear Barry Bonds. He can do great things, even if he hasn't seen a live pitch.

This is as sharp as I've been all year, ... made my slider better, my splitter better, made everything better.

It's obvious what kind of difference he can make. Even if he doesn't swing the bat, he steps in the batter's box and the pitcher's got to have 'What if?' in the back of his mind. ... You've got to respect the fact he's Barry Bonds even though he hasn't seen a pitch all year.

It's much more fun hitting them than giving them up. I don't think I've done that since Pony League back in the day.

It's not fun to give up a couple runs and lose. But we're still in it. Until we get in a plane and go home on the last day of the season, we're still in it.

It was a nice way to end it. I got over 190 innings and got my ERA down. I've got some things to take into the winter and have a little firepower on my side. ... I told Felipe (Alou), 'This is my game, I want to go back out.' I hadn't won in a long time.

It was nice to work out of the stretch and work on some things.

I'm going into the offseason showing I can pitch and this is what you'll get from me. I'm making my statement.

If you pitch six or seven innings and give up two runs, you should win those games.