13 Quotes by Lance Niekro

It was nice for me to go where some of my family had so much success, and to have so much family here.

It was great to comeback in the bottom of the ninth. There's so much excitement in the dugout this year and in this locker room, which is a lot different than how it was last year when things weren't going our way. Everyone's just rooting hard down there and its just a lot of fun to be on this team right now.

I'd love to get more patient at the plate. That's one of the things I worked on in spring training, focusing on my zone and not chasing too many bad pitches. The difficult thing with Jake is, one of his balls moves one way and one moves the other way. It felt good to have two at-bats like that to start the season.

He always tells me every time we talk that this is the chance we've been waiting for. This is the year I've got to go out and prove myself. He's telling me things I already know. He just wants to make sure he etches them in my head and I take advantage of this opportunity.