**BG: I'm so glad I'm a girl XD ;) lol Go VARITEK!! LOL

"Remember not the figure who struggled to put his bat on the ball for much of June and July this year. Remember instead a man who, as much as anybody, symbolized the return of the Red Sox as one of baseball's true powerhouses." ~about Varitek as a Red Sox

"When we were on the field after the [clinching] game the other night, he put his head on my shoulder and cried like a baby. He had willed everybody to be so good. I think that's why I'm so calm. I know he's in charge. It's his team." ~ Manager Terry Francona talking about Jason Varitek

"If I walk into spring training and don't see Jason Varitek, it will be eye-opening and very sad. I mean, he's a guy I've come to know and come to play next to all the time, and I've spent five seasons around him. To not have him there would be a tough thing for me personally and for a lot of guys in this room."