16 Quotes by Roger McDowell

Obviously you'd like to have everybody throwing up zeroes all the time. But that can't happen. Pitchers can go into slumps just like hitters. For whatever reason, sometimes they do it collectively.

Obviously, this is exciting. It's special. No, make that real special, given the history of this organization with its pitching and all the winning. There are a lot of good pitchers here. And how many consecutive division titles have they won? Fourteen.

Obviously the success Leo had here was pretty much second to none. Hopefully we will continue that success.

Obviously I don't see that continuing with the track record he has. It's just one of those rare occasions, and it's happened back to back.

I wouldn't take back anything that I have done because it's who I am. I like to make people laugh. But I'm not a player anymore. I'm a coach, and it's a different job. I want to do my job, and that's to get 11 or 12 pitchers ready to pitch a game.

I don't feel I have warranted anything to be called Camp Roger. It's been called Camp Leo, and rightfully so.

I feel pressure every day I come to the ballpark. Obviously, it's a different scale now.

He had a big smile on his face. For me, that was the greatest indicator.

He came in last year and was a big part of the bullpen. He was someone we were counting on, but it didn't turn out that way so we'll find another route.