Jose Vidro

Once they get the butterflies out of their heads, they'll be fine. I went through that. The first couple of games you try to do too much. I don't know if that's the case, but it looks like that, because they're swinging at really bad pitches. But they're both good players, and I think they're going to bounce back. It's only four games.

Obviously, we're not doing a good job out there on the field, consistently. Probably, at the end of the year, I'll express myself, because there's a lot of changes that need to be made. But I don't want to go into it right now.

We've been hearing since the beginning of the season, 'Oh, next month. Oh, next month. Oh, next month.' Here we are, and we still don't have an owner. It could hurt a lot because a lot of guys have their hands tied again.

It killed us last year and I am pretty sure it's going to kill us this year.

When I hit that ball, I thought I had a shot, but we are in Washington, so I had to run. Who knows what could have happened after that. The bottom line is that we lost tonight.

We have plenty of time to work on it but we are going to have to deal with it the dimensions.

You've got to get a lot of things out of your head when you are hurt year in and year out. You go back and have the same injury again, that stays in your head. I was able to overcome all of that. Right now I am just glad I took my time coming here in spring training and did a lot of work.

I don't remember the last time I felt this good going into the season.

When I came back, my knee started hurting me. If I do the running and the exercises, it will help me better for a long time.

I'm very happy. Everything was good today. It was a lot better.

I will be playing close to every day from tomorrow on. Everything feels fine. I will run tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited to get going.

I just really can't wait for this week to be over. I want to go home and relax my mind. I just got to get out of this game right now for my health.

My past two years have been injury-plagued. This spring training is very important for me.

It has been very disappointing, ... This was the season in which I was hoping to come back and be the player that I was a couple of years ago.

I just want to be the player that I was a couple years ago. If I stay healthy, I'm going to do that.

Last year, I thought it was over with, ... But it keeps happening again. ... This is a pain that doesn't want to go away.

I felt today that my knee was stronger than what it was, ... Right now, it's just going to be pain. ... The cortisone shot helped me a lot and also the time off the field I was able to get.

It's up to me -- it's my call, ... Hopefully, I can start the game tomorrow. The pain has gone down a lot, and I think I can go out there and produce.

I'm very happy I didn't do the surgery. I'm very happy I went home and busted, worked hard and made myself better. ... I want to show the organization that they can count on me for the whole year. That's important to me.

This is the best I've felt going into the season. It feels good every time I wake up in the morning. I feel better than I did the day before. That's probably the biggest reason I've got a big smile this spring training.

We can't let this go on. I know it's early. It's only eight games, but we have to make this change.

Everything went fine this winter with the program that I was going with my leg. I want to keep doing it here to make sure I don't miss any games during the season.

Something's got to be changed, but it's up to us. The changes that need to be done are within ourselves. The guys who are in the lineup need to perform.

Basically, what the doctor told me, is that my legs need to get stronger to take the pressure off my knee.

I understand everything Soriano is saying. I would probably try to work it out. That's a team decision. I hope that both of us can be in the lineup at the same time. That would be great, because adding Soriano to the team is very good. I'm waiting for the team to make the right decision. Some way, somehow, we have to get this working. I'm happy that both of us are here.