I definitely want to play, ... The doctors said it was a 'one in a million' [type thing]. It's a freak thing. It happened. Now I've got to deal with it.

I never got hit in the head before, but I want to get back there as soon as possible — really kind of get back on the horse, so to speak.

We were right there on the doorstep, but we just couldn't finish it. The guys were having great at-bats over the last few innings ... especially those who came off the bench.

Guys like Nomar (Garciaparra) and (Todd) Walker, we faced him in the American League, and we're like, 'I don't remember him being like that.'

We definitely need to take care of business here.

We can't feel sorry for ourselves because other teams aren't feeling sorry for us.

We talk about it in here.

Hopefully, everything goes according to plan.

If [Lowe] leaves it up, he can get hit. But if he starts it in the middle of the plate and just breaks down about a foot, there's nothing you can do. When he's pitching like that, like he did in the playoffs, it's hard to square up.