"Other teams feel they can't beat the Yankees. I don't think we are one of them."–Curt Schilling on redsox.com

"This is what you think about, this is one of your dreams, Yankees and Red Sox. If we played Minnesota or anybody, it wouldn't be no fun.”—Manny Ramirez on redsox.com

“This is the most prepared group I’ve ever seen. There’s a swagger to this club. We’re probably the toughest team in the league over the last six weeks.” –Kevin Millar in Shaunnie’s column in the Globe

``(Game 7 last year) is something that will stick with you the rest of your life. We're not going to let that happen again.'' –Johnny Damon in the Herald.

"It seems proper that we have to go through the Yankees to get to where we want to go,"—manager Terry Francona on redsox.com

“We've got (Curt) Schilling going in Game 1 and Pedro (Martinez) going in Game 2. I think that's the biggest plus we've had in a long time.''—Derek Lowe in Massarotti’s column in the Herald.

"I'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up."—Curt Schilling (courtesy of Boston Dirt Dogs).

You think these guys are ready to play?