Quotes by Mark Bellhorn

“Every guy in this locker room knows what happened last year and how it happened. Maybe the fires on this side now. When you lose, the way the Red Sox did [to the Yankees in 2003] or the way the Yankees did last year, you have a little more determination.”

“[Manager Terry Francona saluted both, saying Embree was] a big part of what happened here, ... one of the best guys and a good teammate.”

“I enjoyed my time ... I enjoyed my time with a championship team. It got tough for me near the end -- not that I was ready to leave, but I could see that they were moving me in that direction. I put a lot of pressure on myself.”

“There are a lot of great players here, but hes the guy that always stood out. He was always the guy that wanted the ball hit to him or wanted that at-bat. He was the guy always capable of getting that hit.”

“Id like to have had more of a chance,”

“It is kind of weird the way its worked out. Getting to see the rivalry from both sides is a trip. At both places, youre taught to hate the other side so much.”

“I never would have thought it. But this is a pretty potent lineup. You cant get down too much.”

“Sometimes, thats going to happen. It was ugly. But after you play for awhile, you see a lot of ugly innings.”

“Just watching [Schilling] go about it out there was awesome. It kept us in the series.”

“I put a lot of pressure on myself. Obviously, I wanted to perform and knew I had the ability to do that and maybe I tried to force it too much. You look at the year before and you know youre capable of putting up those kind of numbers. Youre human, so you have thoughts like [whether he cant do it anymore] that come into your mind but thats the last thing you want to think about. As hard as it is, you have to try to find positives in everything.”