Ozzie Guillen Quotes (457 Quotes)

He's one of the best right-handed hitters I've ever seen in my life. His numbers talk for themselves. From the first day he came into the league, he created something new for the White Sox and baseball -- the numbers he put up, that many home runs, that many walks, you don't see that a lot. The consistency was outstanding, really professional. Day in and day out he produced and he was fun to play with, fun to watch hit.

We have to stick together for when the tough times come.

But don't forget this is business. In this business, you cannot think with your heart. You have to think with your brains. Usually when you think with your brains, a lot of people are going to be disappointed. You think with your heart in this business, you're not going to have success.

We enjoyed it we had a good time. But it's kind of like we had to give a little attention to everyone. Now we're on a road trip, and we don't have to deal with all this stuff. Hopefully, we'll play better.

You've got to give credit to a guy when he throws the ball well. (Washburn) kept our whole team off balance.

Everybody is chasing us, everybody wants to play good against us. No doubt about it. We have to take the same approach as we have in the past. We have to play the game the way we've always played the game. Don't believe the hype. You have to go there and

People don't like that, they say I don't have respect for the game. I don't want to say I'm different from other managers, but that's the way I am. Vlad was my friend before I had this title, and he's going to be my friend when I leave managing.

We need that. We've really struggled all season long in the seven, eighth and ninth (spots). No one was consistent there.

I was concerned to see how he did, ... But . . . I trust this kid.

I think it will be great for baseball. I think he's the greatest hitter ever.... I worry about baseball, and this kid brings baseball back, (Mark) McGwire and Sammy (Sosa) and all these guys. People hated baseball then, after the strike. A lot of people will be mad when he breaks the record, but I hope he does.

Mentally we need guys to show every time, ... I don't know if Marte is ready to do that for the team. I'm going to talk to Kenny, I'm going to talk to (Marte) and see how he feels, to see if he's ready to help this team. If Marte is not ready to help this team, he can have a nice trip to the Dominican Republic and enjoy himself.

We came back and that's something I feel good about. We never give up.

When your enemy's down, you've got to keep your enemy down. You make some noise and you wake up the monster, you're going to be in trouble.

People thought I was going to be jumping around my players. I have to respect the opposite team. It went through my mind to say, 'I'm so glad to see my boys, my players jumping back and forth and celebrating this.' Because it was an amazing feeling seeing them like little kids.

To worry about what they're going to do in another city, you worry about stupid stuff you can't control, ... Just come back tomorrow and win the game.

If he wants to get it done, I'll throw six balls right down the middle of the plate and let him hit six home runs, and let him do whatever he wants to do. He'll get it. I think it would be great for baseball, great for the game, because now we put another name on top of those names.

He was the only player in the history of baseball that everybody loved.

If people think I'm here to please the fans and media, they're wrong, ... I don't care how much they boo me. I could care less. It's my job. I'm not afraid.

Now, we don't have to wait for Thome to hit home runs. Other guys are hitting them for him now.

He's not hurt of anything. ... He's just tired.

You don't win games in the paper. You don't win games running your mouth. You go out there and perform and do the best you can and see what happens. The comments the Indians made, I could care less. We just worry about winning games.

We thought he had a good secondary lead so Joey (Cora, third base coach) took a chance and sent him, ... It took a good throw like that to get him.

Are we missing Scotty Yes. Are we losing because Scott's not here I don't think so. We're losing because we're not playing good baseball.

I talk to him every day. I don't want my players to worry about who they are or their roles. I tell them, 'Try the best you can and don't second-guess yourself because that means you don't have confidence in yourself.

I think Mark is one of the most underrated pitchers in the game now. Hopefully with this playoff and the World Series people will give him the recognition.

I want strikes. No matter how hard you throw, you are not going to get people out if you are behind hitters. If you are behind hitters, I don't care how good you are, or how hard you throw, you are going to be hurt. I expect him to throw more strikes and attack the strike zone.

I'm excited for the people here. They wait so long for this to happen. It was a lot of work but a great thing to get it done.

I know the situation. I went through it. I went through it the same way. We tried to treat him the best we could. It's not easy when you play that many years in one city and all of a sudden your life changes. Your feelings are hurt - no matter how you leave.

Like I say every day, I think the pitching sets the tone. When you've got a pitcher go there and do what Jose did today, I think everything goes perfectly.

Go to hell. You know what I'm capable of, you . . .

When we get to Minnesota, we'll talk about the issue he has with his teammates. Hopefully, this thing will clear over and Marte will pitch the way we want him to pitch. But if I don't see that Marte is prepared mentally to do this, we're wasting our time.

Thank God the circus will be over then, and we can play baseball.

His velocity is fine. The location of the pitches is not good. ... He (hung) a couple breaking balls to the wrong guys.

When Pods gets on base, our offense is better. It was big for him to have a day like today.

That's the first time in my life my heart was pounding like crazy. Because I was nervous, because I was so excited, I said, 'When is this moment going to happen A lot of people are waiting for this moment.' And wow, it came true.

This kid's got an opportunity to be one of the best pitchers in baseball. He has great stuff, he's got guts and he's learning how to pitch.

To be 19 years old and do what he did at the major-league level that spring, that's impressive. Everything moves fast at this level, and he didn't back down.

I don't think Marte is ready to go. Mentally he's not ready to go. I don't care what he thinks, I don't care what his health is like. When you're not confident in yourself that means you're not ready to play. You have to play with soreness in your body. It's different than when you play hurt. You're going to be sore. You can play with pain. You have to deal with it because you're always going to be doing that. Hopefully he'll be ready to pitch Tuesday.

I think he's swinging at better pitches. He's not trying to pull everything. He's trying to hit the ball into the middle of the field and right field. We wish this kid would be more consistent with that. When this kid is on, he's on for good and we need those hitters at the bottom of the lineup.

His problem is when he walks people. When he starts walking people and throwing balls all over the place, he gets in trouble.

He didn't hit very well in spring training, but I wasn't really worried about him too much. Just from last year, the way he came over here and handled himself, you just knew he was going to continue playing like that. I love having this kid on my team.

This kid has really impressed me. I saw this kid in spring training and I really like the way he throws. The best thing about this kid is he's not afraid.

We believed in ourselves. They have confidence. They know they have a lot of time. Our pitching staff is (starting) to put it together.

Good pitching staff. I think that right now those guys throw the ball well. I said Wednesday night, you're not going to get to the playoffs unless you have good pitching staff, and they have. They have, to me, the best in baseball, or at least the American League. They're so good, they don't have a lefty. They don't need one. That's how good they are.

I told the police, 'Don't put him in jail, bring him to me in the dugout. Hopefully, that won't happen again.

That happened in spring training that he didn't make the team because we didn't have space for him, ... The way (Jose) Contreras has thrown and (Orlando Hernandez) has thrown, it's not easy to put him in the rotation. We will do what is best for the team.

When a man signs a contract he should honor it, ... They signed me for three seasons to win ... they were going to pay me just the same whether or not we were champions.

It was not easy for Jose. He had to warm up three times because of the rain. They were moving the starting time every 15 minutes. He'd come back and sit down, warm up and then come back and sit down. You hope your starting pitcher holds up.

Tomorrow is a big game for us, maybe the biggest game we're going to play this year, and hopefully we come home a victory.

If people think that was an easy play to make, they're wrong. I have been there before, and I know how it feels. It was not an easy play for him.