Quotes by Marlon Anderson

“I couldnt imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. Thats what that was, pretty much, a wreck.”

“[Cameron] was dazed, kind of not really there, ... I was like, Cam, can you hear me? He mumbled, Yeah, but he wasnt there. You could tell he wasnt right.”

“I was like, Cam, can you hear me? ... He mumbled, Yeah, but he wasnt there. You could tell he wasnt right. ... I couldnt imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. Thats what that was, pretty much, a wreck.”

“[In so many ways, the Mets had this game at their fingertips. Anderson had a chance to beat the throw home because Perez double-clutched, but Dodgers catcher Dioner Navarro blocked the plate with his shin guard and would not let Anderson sneak a hand around him.] I didnt have anywhere to go, ... If you have a collision there, you dont know what youre going to get.”

“Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now hes coming out this year and throwing at his best. Hes just stronger. You take that whole group of guys and the seasons they all had last year, and they just took all that confidence into this year. Add Mark Mulder to that mix and there are five guys who can win every night.”

“I just remember driving past and seeing the stadium and having to get off and going through there and not knowing where the entrance was and getting lost and having to ask people where to go and walking through with my bag and being kind of like, Where do I go? Wheres my locker?”

“The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybodys way, just dont want to interrupt anything. More than anything, you just want to observe.”

“Telling me to get the bat, it was like, Oh my God, ... The first thing I remember walking to the plate was, Man, these lights are good.”

“You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.”

“Our belief in God and knowing that He controls things, whether good or bad.”