Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera
Mariano Riverais a Panamanian former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", Rivera spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in savesand games finished. Rivera won five American LeagueRolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards,...
NationalityPanamanian
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 November 1969
CityPanama City, Panama
CountryPanama
I'm feeling real good. That's a good thing.
I knew that, but I wasn't thinking about that, ... I just wanted to get him out.
We needed to go there and battle. Wang pitched tremendous and allowed our hitters to come back, and Cano hit the home run. It's the end of the season, so we have to give it everything we've got.
We can't just go there and play around. We have to go there with the mentality that we have to win.
We have to play Baltimore first, so we have to focus on them. And when the time comes, then we'll focus on Boston.
Whatever we need to do, I will do, ... It's pretty much the same as always. We've had to fight hard the last couple of years.
What can you do, these are games we have to win.
We realize that we have to do our jobs. If we do our thing well, chances are we'll be there.
You always want to represent your country, but I wouldn't be ready.
We'll see what happens. Hopefully this year I'll do a good job. I don't want to go ahead.
Times are changing. I can't conceive what Juan Marichal and all those guys went through before. Today you have so many Latin players, so many Latino superstars, they take care of the kids when they come up to the big leagues. It's different now. It's totally different.
You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.
Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.
If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.