21 Quotes by Carlos Lee

When he first hit it, I thought it was going to just be a fly ball, but it took off. It was (going to be) a homer. It was out. Same with Edmonds. The ball just took off. The ball was carrying out.

I didn't get to play in the Olympics so this is the closest I can get. There's a lot of pride playing for your country.

He doesn't want to make any excuses. If he got lit up, he's going to say that he got lit up, and he's not going to say it was because of this or that. That's the way he is.

That's baseball, you know. It happens. It's a first for me.

Everybody knows he's going to hit. He's seeing the ball better. He laid off some pitches today and that's what it's going to take.

I've been very patient at the plate. I'm trying to see a lot of pitches and wait for the right one.

They haven't been intimidated. Every time they go to the plate, their confidence is enough that they feel like they belong here. That's great because the only thing that goes against you when you get to the big leagues is fear.

I told the guys that now I'm tired and now I got to lead off the inning. They were joking about it. I wasn't trying to do too much. Basically, in my mind, I was trying to get on base.

It's a lot more fun when you go out there and you know you've got a team that's capable of scoring eight to 10 runs every game.