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 have to play Baltimore first, so we have to focus on them. And when the time comes, then we'll focus on Boston.
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 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.
That's baseball. Anything can happen, and it happened today.
I don't work like that, ... I know what I'm capable of doing, so I'm not out to prove people wrong. It was just a matter of time. I wasn't worried at all.
He's not hurt now, he's recovering. We just have to have some patience. He can be great for us.
I could have thrown 100 pitches today and it wouldn't have mattered.
I don't mind it all. If the guy feels comfortable using that song, hey, let him be, let him be.
I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.
I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.
I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.
I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was, and I know what kind of person Whitey is. It makes me feel proud to be a Yankee. We're keeping this in the family.