Randy Johnson Quotes

"I was 19 at one time, too. But I was trying to find my way to class in college."

"She was star-gazing. She was looking up to the sky, and her eyes had a blank look to them. They were empty."

"Obviously, it's a nice honor, but there's a lot of work between now and then."

"When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough."

"With all the adversity this team has been through, it's very gratifying to see how things panned out for everybody. It's pretty satisfying considering I haven't been as consistent as I'd like to be, and to still win 17 games ... that's pretty satisfying."

"Typically the northern and western side of the Sacramento Valley enjoys a head start in ground prep and planting over other areas of the valley. My son and I drove up I-5 to Willows and were amazed at the amount of water and its depth out in the fields. Usually this time of the year in this part of the valley, tractors are everywhere preparing the fields for planting."

"There is still this fear of voting for something that gives legal status even after you earn it--that it's going to be called 'amnesty."

"When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun."

"Last week we played well against Carter (in a 42-36 victory), this week we stink, ... It's really, really, really frustrating."

"I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it."

"At this point, being 41 years old, it's just a few little keys here and there. It's hard to get to know somebody; he doesn't know me, either. It's kind of hard to evaluate his input."

"I do acknowledge that I have a daughter from a previous relationship, which ended years before my marriage. I have fully financially supported her and have made every effort to protect her privacy."

"I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?"

"I was barely a .500 pitcher before my dad died and I got married and had a baby... my wife and baby brought me down to earth."

"I just wanted to stay calm and trust my ability and trust my stuff and I did that all day, ... I never deviated from what I wanted to do."

"There's really not one person in this clubhouse we could have been without,"

"I pitch with emotion,"

"I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there."

"I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do."

"Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career."