More - Ozzie Guillen Quotes

For me he (Clemens) is one of the greatest pitchers in the game. We've got to face the best. To be the best you've got to win against the best.

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What happened in winter ball, that stays there. I wasn't happy about it, but I turn the page and move on. I'm going to give him the same opportunity to get a shot.

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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].

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Hopefully, we sneak up and bite them. But we haven't done anything yet. We haven't earned that spotlight like everybody else. ... We are the Cinderella of the playoffs. It's a great feeling when they don't pick you and all of a sudden you make it.

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We have six, seven guys we didn't have last year. They're hungry. We built this team to stay hungry.

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Jose, since the second half, has thrown the ball absolutely outstanding.

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Well, Jose, from last year in the second half has thrown the ball outstanding. We knew with Jose it was just a matter of time. He had one click, he got it and kept it. When he takes the ball, we know we have a great chance to do some damage.

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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.

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When we play on the road, we represent Chicago, the city, and I think we've got something that's going on here that's nice for the city. I think we have something going on that's something good for sports in Chicago, and when you're a true Cubs fan or true White Sox fan, I think I'll be wrong, I think anybody that's a Cubs fan is really true, but I want the support from him because we represent a big city and a nice city.

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[You are a White Sox fan. You are rooting for Kansas City to slow down the Indians, though your own manager didn't sound very comforting when he mentioned how hard it is for the hopelessly downtrodden to keep focus.] You take the Kansas City Royals, ... I guarantee you, they don't want to come to the ballpark.

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