If [Dr. Andrews] mentions that I need it, then I’m going to do it,

When you have a group of guys the talent that we have here it’s getting old definitely. We expect people to do the job on a consistent basis. Maybe one day we do it but...

We didn’t get that big, big hit. We were right there to put this game out of reach.

Basically, he said I need the surgery if I’m going to play without this pain next year,

My past two years have been injury-plagued. This spring training is very important for me.

It killed us last year and I am pretty sure it’s going to kill us this year.

Right now, I feel like I’m capable of playing every day, … We’ll see what happens after tonight.

I told Frank I want to play a lot more. I want to see how my body reacts after three days and we go from there.

It’s time to make a decision. Somebody should take the responsibility and tell us how it’s going to be, … They just need to treat us like a big-league team. I don’t understand why. Somebody...

Something’s got to be changed, but it’s up to us. The changes that need to be done are within ourselves. The guys who are in the lineup need to perform.

He’ll be all right. This team goes as far as he goes. It’s early and we still have a lot of confidence in him.

That’s the way things are going for us this year, … It’s tough.

I understand everything Soriano is saying. I would probably try to work it out. That’s a team decision. I hope that both of us can be in the lineup at the same time. That would...

It’s an airplane field, it’s not baseball dimensions.

It’s been a very frustrating year for me, because I want to be out there,

I don’t know if I’m going to be here by the time they build the stadium, but obviously that’s a great step. This ball club is going forward, and that’s very good news.

I’m going to have to make a decision in a couple of days, … The doctor suggests I need to clean my knee again, to do another surgery.

If they really cared. They’d move the fences in.

We want to get home badly and stay a while. It’s tough living out of a suitcase. It feels like we’re still in Spring Training.

I was thinking, ‘Man, I gotta get a hit,’ … But I was also thinking ? ‘If I go down, at least I go down against a good pitcher.’

I’m very happy I didn’t do the surgery. I’m very happy I went home and busted, worked hard and made myself better. … I want to show the organization that they can count on me...

We have plenty of time to work on it but we are going to have to deal with it [the dimensions].

I haven’t had an MRI yet, so I don’t know what the situation is.

I’m very happy. Everything was good today. It was a lot better.

You know what? The way [baseball officials] are letting this thing go, I don’t think they care. If they would have cared about us, I think they would have made the decision at the end...

Dr. Thomas knew I made the right decision by avoiding surgery. Everything is going like we planned. But I had to work hard and that’s what I have been doing.

It is different from last year, definitely. I thought it was going to be a full crowd, like last year. It didn’t happen that way.

The guy was very aggressive. It’s not like he was pitching around everybody. We just couldn’t do our job.

I’m a second baseman – where should I play? What’s going on here is not my problem. It’s not his problem. It’s the team’s problem.

I just really can’t wait for this week to be over. I want to go home and relax my mind. I just got to get out of this game right now for my health.

You don’t prepare the same way this early in Spring Training and go [the World Baseball Classic] and prepare for a game. I thought about it a long time, and I thought it was best...

I couldn’t do any running, couldn’t do any lifting, because I couldn’t push my leg.

Once they get the butterflies out of their heads, they’ll be fine. I went through that. The first couple of games you try to do too much. I don’t know if that’s the case, but...

We’re not swinging the bat very good. We’re not putting everything together. It’s only eight games but we can’t let things keep going this way. We have to find a way to turn it around.

I just want to be the player that I was a couple years ago. If I stay healthy, I’m going to do that.

Everything went fine this winter with the program that I was going with my leg. I want to keep doing it here to make sure I don’t miss any games during the season.

It was more than I expected. The fans … incredible.

I’ve got to get to second base. I’ve got to try my best to do that. I was going to be aggressive. It took a perfect throw.

We’ve been told since the beginning of the season, ‘Oh, next week,’ ‘Oh, next week,’ ‘Oh, next week.’ Well, here we are, three games to go in the season and we don’t have an owner,

It’s very important for me to have a good year.

I don’t know what’s going on with the guy he just seems to be pitching pretty good against us. You have to tip your hat to him.

It’s hard. I won’t lie to you. It’s hard, … We have to work a lot extra, a lot harder than other teams.

Hopefully, Soriano can decide to play the outfield and he can be the guy [who provides power]. We need Soriano to play the outfield. If he doesn’t, this team is probably the same as last...

Basically, what the doctor told me, is that my legs need to get stronger to take the pressure off my knee.

I don’t remember the last time I felt this good going into the season.

I want it to be over with and just clear my head,

It hit me harder than I expected when I saw the uniform and some of the guys out there. Not to be able to put that uniform on, it was very, very sad. Hopefully, I...

We can’t let this go on. I know it’s early. It’s only eight games, but we have to make this change.

We can’t keep winning one game in a three-game series. We have to try to win the series or sweep it and we’re not doing it.

I’m very excited. I feel stronger every day. Everything is going smoothly. It’s something I’m looking forward to. It’s great. I’m happy. I start [Saturday]. I really look forward to that. It’s going to be...