Famous quotes by Mike Mussina:
"I don't think it's a significant amount of concern. It's a possibility, I guess, but it's not a significant amount of concern."
"Because of them, we have a chance, ... Without them, we wouldn't have a chance."
"If it doesn't hurt on Friday, I'm going to try to play catch, ... If it does hurt, we'll wait a couple of days."
"If you're going to have a good year, then people you don't [usually] count on have to come through. These guys have done it. Because of them, we have a chance. Without them, we wouldn't have a chance."
"We knew in Spring Training he could throw the ball the way he's throwing it. When he got the opportunity, he did the job."
"Chacon came in and he had been struggling in Colorado. He got a new chance, got to pitch for a team that's in playoff contention, so it was a good change for him. Then he started throwing the ball great, had some success and felt better about himself. It just kept building."
"Four months ago, we were really in bad shape, not knowing where we were going, ... But through everything we sit here with a chance to be playing one month from now. At the beginning of the season, it didn't look that way at all."
"This is one of those situations you have to deal with. We'll get back out there as soon as possible, but I'm certainly not going to risk anything long-term to get out there and rush myself and try to do something I shouldn't do."
"It's a possibility, I guess, but not a significant concern."
"It's always tough not to rush yourself. If I didn't want to be out there pitching, I could have probably spoken up a long time ago. But I could still go out there and do the job, and I felt it wasn't bothering me to do what I wanted to do. But when it got to the point where it was bothering me, then it was time to take it seriously and realize that you might be seriously hurting yourself."
