30 Quotes by Jason Marquis

I wasn't really thinking about it. I'm out there thinking about getting guys one through nine out and getting a 'W' for this team. The streak he had was nice, but obviously it has to end sometime. I know he's a pretty aggressive hitter. Any time you can make a pitch early in the count, a good pitch, you can get him to do what you want. He doesn't usually work the count pretty deep. We were able to throw some quality pitches on him today and get success.

Those guys are pretty good hitters so you just have to approach it that way. I got my work in so I was happy about that. I was working just like I was facing the Orioles.

We still had, what, six outs left to go when Tony was tossed?

To me watching him, the rhythm of his delivery is a lot smoother and a lot better. We talk among ourselves about things. Anything to help us get that extra edge we try to find. It looks like his delivery is smooth and not as choppy as it was last year. His first spring start of this year was better than any start he had last year.

You look out there, ... and there aren't too many true aces out there that are going to shut you down.

When you go through a streak like that, you start doubting yourself. You start changing your game plan and start to be a little too tentative. You stop being aggressive in the strike zone. You start trying to make perfect pitches on the black and fall behind on the count.

When you go through a streak like that, you start doubting yourself.

To get to the World Series and the NLCS, you have to have a balanced team. That's just not the rotation; it's the bullpen as well.

I started off on the right foot and hit a little snag. I got back to it in the sixth and felt good overall.