Paul Konerko Quotes (124 Quotes)

It's just a very good piece of software if you're a hitter. It shows you where you're at, but shows you where your swing is in comparison to where other hitters are.

You don't want to make a habit of getting behind and trying to beat those guys at the end of the game with the two guys they have coming out of the bullpen.

He's probably got the most heart of any pitcher I've ever been around. That's the story of the night for me. Bases loaded, no outs against the best offense in the major leagues and he comes out of it.

They tied the game up in the ninth, which wasn't due to anything Bobby did bad. They hit some good pitches. It's like playing ourselves out there. They have a lot of heart, they don't go away.

There were no guarantees that was going to work. But we needed to break the mold we had going at that time.

He didn't hang a slider. It was away. But for a guy as good as him, that's about as good of a pitch as you can get. He doesn't leave many balls in the middle of the plate and that's why he's so good. I just ... I want it back, put it that way.

Anytime you put a baseball player in a suit and take him out of his element its uncomfortable.

It's good to see, man. We're peaking at the right time,

If you said before the season that we were going to win the division, you're lying. People didn't give our pitching any credit. I knew we had a chance.

I'm sure there have been times this year where the Angels have won three games in a row against a good team, so we just want to go out there and put it away and not even make an issue of it.

For a guy to get shunned by another organization and come over here and do what he's done, ... it's a great story.

The overall kind of theme in the dugout was, everybody loves Bobby, we're not going to let him go home feeling bad about this. We thought, we're going to get this win, but I didn't think it would be that quick.

Since halfway through last year this guy has probably been the best pitcher in the major leagues. I don't think anyone's been better. I'm just glad I don't have to face him. He's nasty. On a cold night, you give him some runs to work with and he's going to be tough.

There's a bunch of little things that happen during the games, and the outcomes keep giving you hope that it is.

I'm pretty close. Another week wouldn't hurt. I'm better than I was a week ago, for sure. It always comes together at the end, usually. I'd say another week of spring training is just about right.

No question there's disappointment that it's gotten to the point it's gotten to. But I think we've done a pretty good job of realizing, 'OK, you know, it is a race. Let's not try and be in denial about it.' This is a race, it's tightened up. So now let's

They are definitely playing the best of any team in baseball. And we wanted to take two out of three, so it's disappointing,

When you're coming into a situation where you don't know the players, doing what he did is definitely something that will get you off on the right foot with people. Most of us had heard about what a nice guy Jermaine was, but it definitely didn't hurt him coming into a new camp where everyone knew, 'Hey, this guy could have taken more money to play elsewhere, but he wanted to be here.

Today we were just beaten in every aspect of the game. We were just pounded.

It really didn't feel that great. Home runs happen when you least expect them.

We shouldn't be thinking about the playoffs. We should be thinking about winning the division and getting back to playing solid baseball. It's definitely disappointing. ... We've got to figure out how to get back on track. We're figuring out ways to lose right now.

If he hit a home run every time he called one, ... he would lead the league in home runs.

Later on, if the media ask him, he's not going to sugarcoat it for them. He's going to tell them what he told you.

When you're on the road before a big crowd that's rowdy and into it, it's always good to get on the board, even with a run in the first,

I'm going to have a good view from the on-deck circle.

It's the result of getting overanxious on the wrong pitch, a sinker or a slider.

Juan is the only guy on this team capable of making that play. But every guy on this team would have dove for it.

It was going to be one of two stories. Either we get overtaken by Cleveland, a nightmare ending. Or we play well enough to hold on and win the division. Everyone in the clubhouse knew, as soon as we got that done, it was a huge weight lifted off our shoul

At this point of season in 2000, we had so many pitchers who were injured, so we had so many question marks going into the postseason, ... This year we've been lucky and haven't had too many injuries. Our pitching has been there all year. We have no reason to believe it won't be come playoff time. We do feel good about our pitching.

I was trying to just resist the urge to think that he was going to walk me and start over with the next guy because when you do that, you usually let a good one go,

Early in the year, he told us there was going to be a rough spot. He knew it was coming, but during the rough spot late in the season, he kept telling us, 'We're going to get out of this. I know how it's going to work. I've seen this so many times.' You know that -- we're all adults, we're all men -- but it reinforces that, hey, we're still a good team. Ozzie says we are going to bounce out of it. I mean, he knew we would bounce into it.

Ozzie wanted to try to put his stamp on the team with some speed and more defense, and the overall attitude. There were no guarantees it would work. I didn't know if we were going to win, but I knew we weren't going to lose the same way.

You felt like you should have seen a no-hitter. Since the second half of last year, he's probably been the best pitcher in baseball.

I was trying to resist the urge to think he was going to walk me. Home runs happen when you least expect it, and that was definitely the case here.

We're not a team that is going to pound people to death and blow people out. Our games are always close. That's good, and it's bad. It's bad because it's a tight game every night, and you have to really work for nine innings. But it's good when you win because it throws a dagger in the other team when you win those close ones.

The Angels did everything right -- they didn't make it easy. If something was glaringly bad about it, it would have been an easier decision.

First things first we have to make the playoffs.

Everybody has their ideas of what a leader is and everybody is entitled to their opinion. It's unfortunate because I liked Carl and had nothing but a good time with him. He was good for our team and he'll make Seattle a better team. I got nothing bad to say about the guy.

Our team, believe it or not, we got better in that game. This wasn't like last week. You play like that, it'll turn. We're on the right path, you can tell.

When he has the ball in his hand, ... I feel good about it.

You know it's going to hurt for a couple of days -- but you've gotta keep the game moving, I've had a million of these, but this one got worse. If this isn't a break (it wasn't), I don't ever want one.

We're going to try and track him down. At the end of the year, he might have more home runs than the rest of us put together, but we'll give it our best shot.

I don't know if any team ever overcame so much baggage and so much bad stuff and also with their main rival winning so much in the meantime. What those guys did last year, without question in my mind, is the best story, got to be one of the best teams ever to overcome all the stuff they had to overcome,

Our team was good. I don't think it was a Cinderella team. ... I thought we matched up well with teams.

You can split up (the MVP) about 10 different ways, ... I mean, four complete games in a row, you have to be kidding me. But I know who the real MVP is and that's our pitching. I'm still going to respect it and I'll honor it, but it's all about team here.

It doesn't matter how old the guy is when you've got that kind of stuff and it's in the strike zone. It doesn't matter what experience he has, or what he knows.

It's the second-best feeling I've had all week, ... The baby born Tuesday night ... that's first for the week.

All year we had to listen to people out there ... telling us we didn't have the team to do this. I'm trying to think in my mind what would make people think we're a good team. The only thing I could come up with is, maybe we will have to do this one more time next year.

Maybe he's right maybe 'The Truth' has spoken.

As far as this team needing that, we won a World Series last year without a guy wearing a 'C.' So it's obviously not the answer to winning a World Series. I just don't know if it's a baseball thing -- on any team. I mean, I'm flattered by it. I think it's the best compliment I've ever been paid.