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
It was good to be in consideration. I'd be lying if I told you I didn't want to win it.
They called me in the eighth to be ready, ... I said, 'I'm ready.'
That, ... is the way it is supposed to work.
I trust my pitches, ... I trust my pitches and I trust my teammates.
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow.
Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.
You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.
We'll see what happens. Hopefully this year I'll do a good job. I don't want to go ahead.
I threw maybe 12 pitches, ... I knew that Ortiz was going to pinch hit. I wanted to face him.
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.
That's not me, ... It's not that I hate talking about it, but I don't like to talk about myself. With all due respect, I don't. If you ask me, 'Yeah, I would love to win the Cy Young.'
That shows I'm not perfect. Today was tough. We should have won that game. I didn't do my job.
That's Mo. He's kind of like our answer to Chad Cordero.
You're trained to do that. You don't want it to happen, but if it does, you're ready for it.