17 Quotes by Magglio Ordonez

It's about time we got one against him, because this is a different team than the one he had been beating. I've faced him for a long time, and I know what he can do. I just see the ball well against him.

It's hard to see your teammates win the World Series. You spent your whole career there and left one year early. I didn't know they were going to win the World Series.

I want to spend time with my fans. This team made a big commitment to sign me here. I have to return that. I have to be here. I have to spend time with my teammates, with the fans, with all you guys. I need to do that. Detroit has a lot of good fans.

I'm not that far away. Today I did much better. It was hard to work in the Classic because there was all this pressure on you to hit home runs, and that doesn't happen that way.

He's unbelievable. We have a lot of good hitters, but he's even better when he's got two strikes. He's focused the same every time.

He plays the game the right way. When you play the game the right way, the game comes to you. He's really quiet, but he talks with his bat and glove.

The doctors have cleared me. I'll be ready to play by spring training. Everybody will see. I'm pain-free and in better shape than ever now after rehabbing so long.

The division has a lot of good teams. Chicago is one of those teams. We have to play good baseball and try to do better if we want to catch them.