111 Quotes by Don Cooper

To me, what's riding on this now is if we go out there and do our thing - which we've already proven to ourselves we can - we've got a chance to be considered a great team. Everybody can do it once. You do it twice and people start raising their eyebrows.

We don't know. This is new to us.

What it means to me when he says that is, OK, we might have to get out a little earlier and do a little more inside. Come out here a little bit earlier. Make sure we get enough throwing in, long toss, and then get on the mound and get a good workout. Break a sweat before we leave.

Trust me, this is a problem we love having.

This was the guy that Fidel Castro called 'The Bronze Titan. Well, he's our Bronze Titan now.

We just kept making quality pitches against a quality lineup,

With Jon, we did what we could do on the sidelines and with simulated games to stay ready. The relievers are doing the same thing with sidelines. ... It's only a mental head trip if you let it be a mental head trip.

Even if you've had just five days off, with that crowd and a game of that magnitude, you're going to have a lot of energy. You have to harness it, and if you bring that energy to the glove, you have a chance to bring something really special to it.

Every individual has been attended to. But you can't simulate what it's like unless you pump 50,000 people into the stands.