33 Quotes by Troy Percival

It's not difficult (to stop pitching), because I just physically can't do it. That's not something I was looking forward to, but I knew that was a pretty good reality before I came down here.

It's doing a lot better than it was. I'm back to normal everyday stuff. I haven't gotten to where I think I'm comfortable enough to start picking up a ball and start chucking it yet, but I still have the whole offseason to get that ready and come firing in the spring. I'll know a lot more on Friday when Dr. Yocum looks at it.

I've got a lot of respect for those guys. That's a lot of writing and lot of watching games. It's baseball, and I love watching it, but I love being in uniform more.

I'm going to try it this way. We'll see how it goes.

I knew Dr. Yocum would be honest with me, so that was a good sign. All I can do is hope the arm heals up. Now I get to start lifting weights and doing some rehab, so it's a step in the right direction. But I'm not going to get too optimistic.

I'll say this. Any team that wins using a closer by committee better have a fantastic offense.

I always wait for something miraculous to happen. I probably don't think it's going to happen, but I'll keep doing what they ask me to do.

He's very even-keeled. He knows the game. He puts faith in his players. He doesn't try to do too much.

I felt that the team deserved that effort. And just for me, personally, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I didn't try, if I didn't come and know for sure that it wasn't going to work.