Jose Guillen Quotes (42 Quotes)

I'm not going to hurt any of my teammates and do something stupid.

There's no player here who can tell me they don't go through a bad habit during BP and take that to the game and have to go to the cages and fix that stuff. That happens to everybody.

This is the last thing I need right now this is serious. I have to take my time and let it heal. If I have to take two weeks off to get better, I will.

When it's coming to be in a clutch situation, I got a great feeling Jose Guillen is going to come up in a great moment at a great time, ... There's still a lot of games left. I'm going to do whatever I can do to help this team win, to help us get to the playoffs. I'm a big part of this team, and it's time for me to show that.

There comes a time -- and this is the time, as far as I'm concerned -- that ... it's time to say, 'Hey, guys, that's it. Take the rest of the year off

I will face him again, and he will not be afraid to pitch inside. And I'm going to make sure I play every one of those games that he's on, too.

Hey, everybody knows how Frank is. He doesn't ask you for much. He wants us to play hard, run the bases hard. If you don't do that, you know you are going to have a problem with him. I'm going to support every decision Frank makes on field. If Soriano has a problem with it, he has to go to him.

Hanging slider right in the middle. What do you expect me to do in that situation

I want Martinez to continue to throw inside. Trust me, I want to face him. Enough is enough. I've got hit so many times by him. We used to be friends. Our relationship is over.

This is what I wanted. I didn't want all that music. . . . I don't have any problem with Frank. I want everybody to know that.

We have a happy team. We had a great group of guys last year. There was a great chemistry in that clubhouse, and we don't want any distractions.

I told you that I would be ready. There's still concern on my part, but the doctor put a smile on my face today. He brought some good news. He thinks I'll be ready by Opening Day.

He's a competitor. He is going to give you what he has. He's always going to battle. Trust me, he's going to step it up for his team. That's what he did when I was there in Oakland.

They are my people. Because of them, I feel like I've finally found a home. I gave them everything I had this year. They have helped me so much. They have given me the opportunity to be successful. I want them back.

This is a pitchers' ballpark. Everybody knows that here. It's not in my mind anymore. I'm just here to play baseball -- that's what I'm going to do. Some of these guys are worried about it. That's not by business.

I'm going to take it step-by-step. I'm not going to rush anything. This was a serious injury. It's going to take some time to heal and get the shoulder 100 percent.

He's never been afraid to pitch inside, but I think enough is enough, and I've had enough. I've been hit so many times by him. We used to be friends, but our relationship, I think, is over.

I've battled so many injuries this year. Right now, you look at the situation -- where we are in the standings -- why keep risking my body The best thing for me right now is rest. Let these other guys play. I don't think I have anything to prove to anyone.

He's a great kid. He reminds me of Vladimir Guerrero . I don't blame him for any of this stuff. We have to understand the circumstances. He was pretty much forced to go to left field. Everybody knows that.

The way I've been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, ... I'm not producing offensively the way I'm capable of doing.

I don't know what to do. That's something I have to work on. We'll see when that time comes. It's going to be interesting to see.

I will take care of it. I want him to keep pitching inside. Now I want him more than ever.

Everything has changed. It has been a great year. A lot of times you really need that extra motivation to help your teammates. Lot of times, you see a lot of guys that don't really care, but what can you do A lot of guys are tired. They probably want to go home.

They told me I hopefully would start swinging a bat in the first week of spring training, but I'm not in a rush. That was a really serious injury. It was pretty much a reconstructed shoulder. It's going to take me a while to heal and get that shoulder strong. I'm going to take everything step by step, and when it's ready, it's ready. If I have to miss, you know, the first month, the first three weeks, I'm going to miss it.

I have found a real home here. After the things I have been through in other places, I take it to my heart. I still owe something to these fans. This didn't end the way we wanted.

Lots of times, you really need guys for motivation, guys trying to help your teammates. Lots of times, you see a lot of guys, they don't really care. But what can you do It's a long season. Probably, a lot of guys here are tired, probably want to go home.

If I get hit again, it's going to get real ugly if he's pitching.

We'd love to have Sosa. He's one of the greatest players in baseball. But that's not up to me.

It's pretty much none of my business. That's up to the people upstairs and Soriano.

I'm the one that is going to make the decision on how I feel.

I was looking for a good pitch to hit. He just made some good pitches. You've got to tip your hat to him. He pitched a great game and they beat us again.

If we lost that game, it was going to be a different atmosphere here tomorrow. I don't know where we were going to go from there.

We just need to be smart enough to know which players to pitch around. Frank is the manager, and he needs to step up and make those moves. But I'm not a manager, I'm not a pitching coach, I'm not a pitcher. To me, there's no reason to be pitching to Andruw right now, the way he's been swinging.

I know how to take care of it, don't worry. I'm going to make sure I play in all the games he's in. ... I want him to throw inside. Now I want him more than ever.

A lot of people in baseball are trying to figure out how we can win. It's kind of tough. It drives people crazy. ... I don't know how we are still there. I think we should be in last place.

I just hope they can fix the situation. That's up to the people upstairs and Soriano. I think everybody's a grown-up man here. I just hope for the best for the team and those guys, and that they can fix the situation. But that's pretty much not my business.

I think a lot of people have to be happy with that. I am way ahead of my program..

I'm a grown man, ... I take full responsibility for what I did. It was a ball. I don't like it. I let my anger come out. I did whatever I needed to do. If nobody likes it, they could come and talk to me and we can talk about it like a man.

We're poor people who live here and we don't know where to go. The situation is tough. We'd like to know specifically what they're going to do and not leave us stranded on the street.

I've had so many problems with my arm. I have to really protect that whole arm because I don't want anything to go wrong early in the season.

A lot of these umpires, they think that fans come to the stadium to see them. It's not right. Right now it looks like they have full power in baseball. They can do whatever they want and they get away with it.

I don't like it, I let my anger come out, I did whatever I need to do.