Duque Quotes

You're impressed with the way he acts. He looks like he's a kid that belongs here and knows he can play here. He's not brash about it. He's got the quiet confidence that you see in good, young players. - Jim Duquette

You'd rather this than the other way. - Jim Duquette

You knew Duque is going to bend but not break. He didn't give us much, but he walked a couple of guys. That was vintage Duque. - Joe Torre

You have to go through channels and get permission from my athletic director [Laing Kennedy] before you can talk to me. Duquesne has not talked to my athletic director. Until that time, it's not serious. - Jim Christian

When the trains come through, you're trapped. We've now secured the money (for flyover ramps in Duquesne and McKeesport). - Mike Doyle

What you don't want to do is put too much pressure on them, too much added expectations. They had enough expectations in New York. I don't know if you can ever ease a player into the New York scene. It's something that a guy like Carlos Beltran, Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd, they can take the pressure off the two young guys so they can go about their business and develop at their own pace. - Jim Duquette

What we need is length out of our starting pitchers. Moose probably needs another start or two before he gets there. El Duque is still developing arm strength. The one thing we've always stressed here during our success is the role of the starting pitchers. That's where it all begins for us. - Joe Torre

We've tried to jump ahead of teams early to get our confidence and maybe shake the other team's. But Duquesne believes they're the best team every year, so we know they'll have their confidence. - Jason Bumblis

We've had players with potential before, but not with the work ethic that they have. The thing about these two is that you know that whatever their potential is, they're going to reach it. - Jim Duquette