This Week in Mets Quotes: He did it! He did it! Pete Alonso with the most memorable home run of his career!

Lots of interesting, funny, idiotic, and insightful things were said by the Mets—and about them—recently. Here are some of our favorites.

Your 2024 New York Mets: He’ll step up.

“When you’re facing an elite pitching staff, it’s not going to be easy to hit balls out of the ballpark. We’ve done a good job of going the other way, taking what the game is giving us, putting the ball in play. Today we didn’t do that. Pete, he’s a power hitter, and he’s just one swing away from hitting a big one. He’s got another opportunity tomorrow, and he’ll step up.” -Carlos Mendoza [New York Times]

“I feel good. I feel like I am taking pretty decent at bats. I feel really consistent. Keep swinging at good pitches, and good things will happen.” -Pete Alonso [New York Times]

“I really haven’t thought of [potentially playing his last game as a Met] because my whole focus is just going deep in the playoffs. I don’t really want to think about that at all. I want to think about winning the game tomorrow.” -Pete Alonso [New York Times]

“Of course, in the ninth inning of a winner-take-all game, you’re going to face the best that your opponent has to offer. For Alonso, that meant Devin Williams and his dominant Airbender changeup. Williams threw his signature pitch 176 times in the regular season and did not allow a home run on the pitch. Yet, that is precisely the pitch that Alonso took yard.” -Sarah Langs [MLB]

“You go through those scenarios as a little kid. It’s like, ‘All right, you’re in the playoffs, you’re down by two runs.’ I don’t know. Words can’t explain it.” -Pete Alonso [MLB]

“No one knows until they go through it what that struggle is like. The weight of emotions on [Alonso] that’s probably been building up on him over the last three weeks or so, and the release of that when you finally come through — and you come through in a gigantic way for your team — it’s hard to even put that into words.” -Brandon Nimmo [MLB]

“And sure enough, he was one swing away at the end there and it came at the biggest time and the most important time that we needed it.” -Brandon Nimmo [MLB]

“You never know why things happen. I’m a big believer in things happening for a reason. You just never know why. But this elation that he’s feeling right now, I’m sure he’s never going to forget it.” -Brandon Nimmo [MLB]

“I’m so proud of Pete. He did it at the right time. The perfect time.” -Jose Quintana [MLB]

“He was ready for the moment.” -Francisco Lindor [New York Times]

“We just saw one of the greatest games in Mets history.” -David Stearns said for the second time this week [New York Times]

“I keep saying it, man: We continue to believe. We’ve been punched and knocked down, and we continue to find ways to get back up.” -Carlos Mendoza [New York Times]

“Blown away. How this keeps happening, I’ll never know. But it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.” -Steve Cohen [New York Times]

“Once you do this regular baseball is boring.” -J.D. Martinez [New York Times]

“There was no way this season was going to end without something happening in that ninth inning.” -David Stearns [New York Times]

“This ride’s not over yet,” -David Peterson [New York Times]

“It’s going to be intense. This is exactly what you want.” -Brandon Nimmo [New York Times]