30 Quotes by Jason Marquis

Since the Braves rarely, if ever give up effective starters (see Bruce Chen , Damian Moss , Steve Avery , etc.) it's tough to believe that Marquis will bring much to the table in his post-Atlanta years.

Mentally, I feel great. You have games where you get beat even though you've thrown the ball well.

I enjoy hitting and anything I can do to help win the game helps the team.

For two innings I thought I did a pretty good job. I got a little fatigued in the third inning. They were out there swinging, but overall I thought it went pretty good.

I think the ball may have a little extra carry on it. It just depends on how the wind is blowing. Any open stadium will do that: Blowing in or blowing out, it's going to change the effect.

I was just trying to put the bat on the ball and make something happen with the big guy coming up behind me.

My offense picked me up tonight, my defense picked me up tonight. You're going to have nights like that. You just battle through them.

I was up in the zone and they made me pay for the pitches that I didn't get down. I didn't do my job tonight.

I thought I was on top of my game. I was a little quick early, throwing the balls a little too down in the zone, but I was able to make the adjustments.