Craig Biggio Quotes

"Home runs just come from accidents by me, ... I just try to hit it solid and sometimes they go out. The record is nice to have but I'm not trying to hit them."

"Home runs just come from accidents by me,"

"[Their dreams did not come true, and for that, Biggio and Bagwell are forever grateful.] Next thing you know, ... you're two guys from New York and Connecticut living in Texas for the rest of your life."

"It's the way to do it. You can't have total transition unless you want to have total failure."

"I think it was more their destiny than ours."

"That's a baseball mom. I thought it was pretty admirable of my mom. She said she understands the amount of injuries we have around here, and the time of year it is, and she felt bad about it."

"There've been a lot of great players to play the game of baseball that never got an opportunity to go to the World Series, ... and I was hoping that I wasn't going to be another one of them."

"[His manager and teammates, however, have their doubts.] You see guys get hit by balls in batting practice once in a while, ... But not the starting pitcher. Incredible."

"There are certain guys who get good jumps on balls, and there are other guys who see the bat head coming through and they know where the ball's going. That's Adam. You just take it for granted."

"It's a huge home run under the circumstances the last couple of days, with what my mom went through. She wanted me to get here and not miss any games."

"If we're in [the pennant race], Rocket will be back. He can't just sit home and do nothing when he's able to pitch. We all know him. He loves to compete and his competitive nature will take over. I have a feeling he'll be back."