Mets 3B David Wright: “Ya gotta believe. I can’t stop saying it, we’re going to the World Series. … The ’69 Mets. The ’86 Mets. The 2000 Mets. We’re amongst the best Mets teams to ever take the field. I can’t be more proud of that. … From now on, when people talk about the 2015 Mets, they’ll be talking about one of the greatest Mets teams in history and that has a nice ring to it…
“People kind of giggled at us and laughed at us when we proclaimed we were going to be a playoff team. … I hate to use that cliché, but it feels really good because we knew we had a good team in spring training and backed it up. … I had faith in what Sandy Alderson was going to do. I had faith in what this organization was going to do. I had faith in these starting pitchers that were being hyped so much and I truly believed that this organization was going to turn it around, and that I wanted to be a part of that. There’s no describing what it feels like to win in New York. … This is a long time coming. We’ve been through some bad times. We’ve been through Septembers where you’re just playing out the schedule and that’s no fun. To be able to completely reverse that 180 and now celebrate and get a chance to go to the World Series, I wish I could bottle it all. I really do. That’s an emotion I’ll never forget. … This is one of the best days ever for me…
“This isn’t a team. This is a family. A lot of teams say that and don’t mean it. This team means it. We’ve got guys that are genuinely the best of friends away from this field. We go out there and we play for one another, and I think that shows up. I think that’s one of the main reasons why we’re going to the World Series, because of the guys in this clubhouse, the character and what this team can do together.”
Mets manager Terry Collins: “I’ve been in baseball for 45 years. I’ve never met more passion, and fans that want to win more, who love their team more than Mets fans. This is for them. This is for all the hard work, for all the bad years, all the tough years. They’ve hung in there. And this is for them. We’re going to bring the World Series to Citi Field…
“As you guys know, those of you who were around us all year, I mean, there were some tremendous peaks and some big, deep valleys. … I’m standing there in the dugout in the ninth inning and I’m just looking at all the guys and thinking, ‘How did they do it?’ How did they keep it together? How did they stay focused? And my coaching staff, the veterans did a tremendous job, and I just sat there and said, ‘Wow, this might be the finest group of guys I’ve ever been around.’”
Cubs manager Joe Maddon: “That was a pretty impressive four games the Mets played against us. They did not let us up for air at any point. Their domination of the early part of the game and their pitching was impressive. They played well, they didn’t make mistakes. I’ve got to give them credit. …
“I’m really happy for T.C. Terry and I go way back, and I know how much this means to him and his family too. So, that’s very spectacular for him. Of course, I’d prefer my family be celebrating right now, but I’m really happy for him and his group. They did a great job. They were just outstanding for four games.”
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