I hope he puts the fear of God in them. I want them to know that, hey, we’ve got some quality pitchers here that they’re going to have to beat throughout the season.

There were a lot of mistakes made that season to lose 119 games but I learned from those mistakes. It made me a much better player. We’ve seen the worse. We know how bad it...

Nothing impresses me anymore with him. He’s shown me everything. He’s a stud.

We aren’t feeling sorry for ourselves — we play hard every day. But the last couple of weeks have been rough. It seems like we can’t catch a break.

They gave him a standing O (ovation) when he went out onto the field the next inning.

Our focus was our downfall,

This one right here showed me he has some guts. He impressed me more in this start than he has in a long, long time.

The bottom line is, Tram didn’t do things right at the beginning as a manager and by the time he tried late last year, it was too late. You have to be the chief when...

Tonight, it looked like a fastball, … and as soon as you swung, the bottom dropped out of it.

What can I say,

When you treat guys like you’re in Little League, they’re not going to rally around you like you might want them to. If I took a bad swing, I know I took a bad swing....

If you’re focused on places you want to be down the road, you’re not focusing on the task at hand.

He’s something baseball needs right now. With all the (negative) publicity going on, he’s a breath of fresh air.

We’re the ones who have to perform. It’s only his responsibility to prepare us, but once we take that field, it’s up to us.

He had the best slider I’ve seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.

Anyone who gives up is worthless.

It really feels good to have everybody here. We’re all looking forward to this season and now we’re ready to go.

What can I say. We can’t win. Not right now.

He tends to get himself into trouble and then pull himself out. Once the pressure is on, he’s very good under pressure.

At first, I slid because he was up there and he jumped at me. I thought I still slid late enough to get in, but as I slid, my spikes dug in. It was one...

Maybe they’ve just got the itch when it comes to Tigers pitching. I can’t figure it out. I’m waiting for them to go into a slump against us, for crying out loud.

I’ve always said the lack of hitting is contagious when you’re losing — like it becomes contagious like today when everyone’s hitting.

We stunk. I’ve got nothing else to say.

You don’t need steroids to bunt like he does. He’s the furthest guy I would have ever thought.

More impressive to me than all the stories that have been written about how he’s been knocking the cover off the ball is how he’s emerged as an above-average first baseman. He’s worked hard, and...

People just have to give him time. When you’re a great hitter, all you need is time to get comfortable.

Last year and the year prior, it was so uptight. This year, we need to do something different. This is a pleasant change.

When you win two out of three against the world champions, you feel like you can beat any team in the league.

They really do. It makes everyone sit back and think, ‘Maybe I didn’t do everything I could to win that day.’ And maybe it makes a guy do a little soul-searching to check and see...

I would like this (regime) to stick. That’s just luck of the draw. You can’t blame it all on (the managers). You can’t blame it all on us. There’s fault everywhere. We had plenty to...

I can’t explain it. I thought we hit Lackey really well. I know he’s been pitching well lately.

To be honest with you, with that same effort, that same game that we put together right there, we’ll still beat a lot of people with that.

I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than have someone stand up there and keep fouling off pitches. That’s frustrating for a pitcher....

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He’s a smart pitcher. He knows what he’s doing.

I think that’s going to be our trademark – to do anything and everything it takes to win games. There’s a lot of ways to accomplish that, and I expect to see us use them...

He’s the type of guy that isn’t afraid of anyone. He’s a bulldog, and I really like that and respect that. But at the same time, I think he’s someone you can joke with and...

We didn’t do enough damage for the fans.

It’s not the same fastball he used to throw. But he’s smart enough to mix ’em up.

It was a pretty intense moment. I thought for sure it was broken. I went over to the mound to look at him. He was in an extreme amount of pain. That ball came off...

I feel like we have a very, very similar team (to Chicago), maybe even better, to be quite honest with you.

Jim’s very much a kid at heart. He shows up at the ballpark and he’s a 12-year-old. He’s in the uniform and he’s excited. That’s the way it should be.

It’s attention well-deserved. He’s performing every day like he’s been in the big leagues all his life.

I think his swing looks like it did a couple years ago. He’d make a whole lot of noise when he hit the ball.

I might be able to get up there with a driver. But that’s about it. That was at least 500 feet. I don’t care what they say.

The crowd was into it and really supported us. The problem was we didn’t do enough damage to give them many reasons to cheer.

That’s the only time on offense when you can really feel like you’re a team player. You’re making an out and sacrificing your stats for the good of the team. That shows me you’re a...

The way he’s been pitching lately, we almost feel obligated to go out there and get him some runs. Confidence is the key in baseball. When you feel confident, you’re going to put up good...

I would rather have that ball had hit me in the face and stayed in the infield.

It felt good, I think it gave us a spark,

He’s just a solid, hard-working player who quietly goes about his business. I’m sure all of this has caught him off a guard a little, but he’s the type of guy who can keep all...