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"I can not tell you how many times, we've sat there in the dugout and gone, 'how the hell did he do that?' He never gets fooled, almost never breaks a bat. He couldn't care less about what a pitcher throws. He figures if it's a strike or anything close to it, he'll hit it." -Lou Merloni (Nomar's best friend on the team)
"Carlos has been great keeping this team up. I try and keep guys going, and Jason Varitek. But we needed a little bit more. Maybe it's not (Nomar's) character, but to hear it from him, when we haven't heard it from him in a while, it was great for this team and something we needed. We kind of carried that over emotion-wise." -Lou Merloni
"He approaches every at-bat the same way, right down to his manic-obsessive, "Nicholson in 'As Good As It Gets' " routine with the batting gloves. He never studies pitchers, freely admitting that he doesn't know if the team is facing a righty or a lefty on some days. He swings at everything, and I mean everything. And yet the guy belts more line drives than anyone you've ever seen. He's a line drive machine. It's uncanny. You really have to watch the Red Sox day in and day out to appreciate it." - Bill Simmons, Boston Sports guy
"It's refreshing to see a young player with that kind of makeup. This game needs more Nomars." - Paul Molitor
"To throw out those offensive numbers and also play great short stop, that's a great credit to his ability and his work ethic." - Aaron Sele, former teammate
"I remember hitting him ground balls in spring training a couple years ago and thinking to myself, Geez if this kid was around when I was playing, my butt would be on the bench, and Id be doing what Im doing today: watching in amazement at how good he is and how many things he can do." - Johnny Pesky, legandary Red Sox player
"I'm the youngest, Derek is the richest, but Nomar is the best" -Alex Rodriguez
"I don't need stats to tell me if I had a good game." -Nomar Garciaparra
"I have a tough time watching baseball when I can't play. I love it. I want to be out there." -Nomar Garciaparra
"I think that by the time he's done that he could probably be one of the best who has ever played, not just for the Red Sox, for all of baseball."-Darren Bragg
"If you say Nomar, I say I'd pay my money to watch him. I'll put him right up there with the best players in the game if not the best." -Pedro Martinez
"When I was a kid, I tried all the positions, and I enjoyed 'em all. Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that." -Nomar Garciaparra
"I never really had a hero. My hero was the game itself. It's just something that I love doing and I like to take that enthusiasm out onto the field." - Nomar Garciaparra
"This is not just a team, or a sports franchise. The Red Sox are a way of life, the lifestyle of an entire region." - Nomar Garciaparra
"I can't stand sitting down and watching a game that I can't play. It drives me crazy" -Nomar Garciaparra
"Nomar's awesome, he's just a flat-out stud, but don't take that the wrong way." -Trot Nixon
"My very first thought when I wake up in the morning is the game that night. There is a feeling in my body that begins right away, knowing I have to prepare myself. If it's a day off, my body feels totally different when I wake up." -Nomar Garciaparra
"He's just an incredible player. He's a great guy, he's a good player, and I really enjoy watching him play." -Alex Rodriguez
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