MLB ALL-STAR GAME

July 9, 2002

Curt Schilling

CURT SCHILLING: Looks can be deceiving.

CURT SCHILLING: It was everything I had for two innings. I threw the ball as hard as I could throw the ball for two innings, that's what I was planning on going out there and trying to do today. That was everything that I had.

CURT SCHILLING: I think everybody was speechless. It's always awesome in an All-Star Game to see an All-Star do what got him there. Those are the moments that people will never forget when they are here and watching the game. That's one of things that makes the game as great as it is. Every night, you get to see something you have never seen before.

CURT SCHILLING: Another tremendous ceremony. I didn't get a chance to really watch very much of it in '99; I was in the bullpen getting loose. At times like this, it's very hard to see us doing what we're doing to the game on both sides. It's the greatest game in the world. You know, bringing out the emotions of last two nights that this game has brought out in the fans, I can't tell you what it feels like to be a part of that, and to make people feel that way about the sport that you play. It's pretty special.

CURT SCHILLING: Not this time around. First time it was. '99, I feel like this was probably where I ended up getting hurt. I threw for 45 minutes and the game kept getting delayed. I started getting loose and the last five or six minutes I just cranked it up.

CURT SCHILLING: If we are going to be World Champions again we have to play like it out of the gate. We have the Dodgers and Giants rest of the month. We're chasing somebody; so we are going to find out what we are made of.

CURT SCHILLING: No, but so thankful he did. I did not want to get into a long at battle with him. I was more afraid of him slapping the ball the other way, but I was very excited see him hit the ball where he hit it.

CURT SCHILLING: It was fun. Yesterday A-Rod and I were talking about the game, and I told him if he got up there with two outs and nobody on that I was going to throw him nothing but fastballs and they were going to be the best fastballs that I could throw. When he came to the plate, I walked up to change balls and I said, "Right here, my best to your best." He laughed, and I promised him yesterday. And we got to play it out. I was like a kid in a candy store. It was just fun. I don't know any other way to describe it. It was one of the few times I can remember as a Big Leaguer where you can actually enjoy the moment and feel and have fun.