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
We'll see what happens. Hopefully this year I'll do a good job. I don't want to go ahead.
I always have confidence, ... It's big. It's good to win.
Maybe the pitch count was up there, ... But I work hard every time I'm going there. What can I say? It was a good one.
I'm prepared to do anything that's necessary to help us win, ... even if it means pitching every day from here on out. I'm not feeling tired. I take good care of myself. I know it's not probable but I will do my best.
I'm feeling real good. That's a good thing.
It was good to be in consideration. I'd be lying if I told you I didn't want to win it.
I think as I start getting a few more saves. Get to 400 first.
You always want to represent your country, but I wouldn't be ready.
starters having the kind of years that have won it before.
Look at the season I had in '96, ... But I won because we won the World Series. That's how it finished. I didn't think about it again.
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.
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.
We can't just go there and play around. We have to go there with the mentality that we have to win.
Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.