He was down here [in the clubhouse] in the third inning, getting ready for the game. He starts his routine a lot earlier than most guys I've ever seen. I walked in here to get warm for a split second in the third, and I saw him getting ready, so I thought maybe I need to get ready, too. That way, when I went in to hit, I didn't feel rushed.
That's just God saying, 'You'd better stay humble; I'll find you.
The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.
What can I say? I go up to hit there and I still can't believe that I'm in this situation. Bases loaded, Cubs-Cardinals, Wrigley Field. I can't believe it.
Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs. I know from my buddy back home. He's 42 and he's been a Cubs fan all his life. He feels like he's going to have a coronary attack every time we lose. Cubs fans love this team. They're not front-runners. And now that the White Sox have won the World Series, the quest to win a championship is on the tip of (Cubs fans') brains.
He showed me a lot today.
I couldn't believe it was going to be a close play, and all of sudden he (catcher Johnny Estrada) had the ball before I even started sliding. It was a great play on their part.
Being able to pinch-hit and get [the two-run homer Saturday] and this ... I don't know what's going on.
There's 180 houses in our development, and it found ours.
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