That’s the first time I feel like I did something wrong. I’ve been in a lot of controversial things before, but I think I started this one and I’m going to finish it. What I did to Alex was wrong. He can do whatever he wants. If he wants to play for Japan, fine for...

We’ve got to approach the game the same way. You win the World Series, that was last year. We’ve got to approach the game the same way we did in the past and not believe the hype.

My philosophy is give me the best pitching staff you can give me and everything else we can figure out.

Sometimes when you win the World Series you clean the house and get a new team. It’s not easy, no matter what you do. (General manager) Kenny Williams has given us a good shot to repeat.

I saw him in a couple of minor league games and he looked really good. He can do a lot for us. When he gets on base he charges the batteries of everybody.

He threw the crap out of the ball for the first time this spring training. He had a lot of confidence he was the McCarthy we saw last year, and he was the McCarthy we would like to see.

We’re the 2006 Chicago White Sox, not the 2005.

He just had a bad game. I expect a better outing next time.

You face that kind of lineup, you will be hit.

I don’t blame them for booing us today.

He was my teammate, and he don’t do anything to me. Frank is Frank. I wish him the best, there’s no doubt about it. I don’t have anything against Frank. If I have anything against Frank, I will let him know.

The thing I really said was, if he has any questions, come ask me. I told him about my situation. I make the lineup. If he likes it, he likes it. If he doesn’t, big deal. I already explained to him why he’s not playing.

The double was bigger than the home run. … That’s why we got him. Hopefully, he stays hot.

This kid is going to carry us for a while. This is going to be a fun summer.

He kept the game close and gave us the chance to win.

It was fun to watch him pitch here.

If you’re a baseball fan, that’s one of the best ones you’ll ever see.

I don’t know. Maybe he liked the city. Maybe he liked the organization. It wasn’t because of money.

We have a better bench, a better rotation, and having Thome swing the bat the way he is now, he’ll really help our team. But when you win the world championship, you can’t say this team is better. That’s not fair.

Nobody’s talking about him, but he’s a guy who’s had a good start, too.

The way McCarthy is throwing, we can play around with the bullpen.

It was a tough decision for the umpires, one out away from an official game. But it would have taken too long to get the field in shape. It’s a good thing we scored early.

He only had three outings with us in spring training. He’ll get better.

We can score more runs this year than last year. That’s why we brought those guys here. Last year, God, it was 2-1, 1-0, 3-2 every game. My pitching staff couldn’t even breathe one minute. They can’t even make one mistake because we’d lose.

The way we built this team we have confidence in our pitching staff. That’s our game. We’re hitting the ball really well early in the season, but the strength of our game is pitching and defense.

Hopefully, we keep it up all year. But we know it’s not going to happen.

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...

I will guard him real well. I won’t say, ‘Get McCarthy up, we need him next inning.’ We are going to use him the same way we used El Duque last year when he was in the bullpen. … If we need someone quick, I’ll get someone else up before I get McCarthy up.

This kid does everything for the team. That’s why I keep saying this kid is my MVP.

I’m a guy that doesn’t like to change lineups. I believe in the players, I believe those guys got me here, and I’d like to stick with the same people.

Most of the time we’d start a trip in Oakland, the pitching staff in Oakland would give us a lot of problems, and then we’d move to Anaheim and carry the problem here.

He convinced me he was ready to go. We need this kid. … Especially with the two teams we might play, New York or Anaheim, we need two lefties (in the bullpen).

I learned a lesson. I never took a first shot at anybody in my life and now I feel like I took the first shot. I feel embarrassed, I feel guilty. I wish I had not said it the way it sounds or the way I said it.

From the beginning, with Joe, I said that the expectations were so high and when he didn’t play up to those expectations, he suddenly is not a good player. Hopefully, his offense continues to get better. But we expect any player to get better every year.

Bleep. I don’t want it to work.

That’s something that hopefully won’t happen again. If we’re going to face [the Angels] in the playoffs, if we get that opportunity, I’ll take my chances.

When he starts walking people and throwing the ball all over the plate, he gets in trouble. I think [with] this kid, we know he’s got one of the best arms, maybe the best arm, in my rotation, and he’s showing right now what kind of pitcher he is. He’s showing right now what we...

Do we need him? Yes. Is he a big part of the group? Yes. Can we play without him? Yes.

These guys deserve to wear a world championship ring. The team deserves it, the city deserves it, and so does everyone in Venezuela who expressed their unconditional support.

The thing about this team is, every day, somebody different.

I wear it every day because I like the colors, … If you’ve noticed, we’re always playing against red. We played against Cleveland, then we played against Boston, then we played against the Angels . That’s all red. That’s why I’m wearing red. The National League teams are a couple of reds, too. That’s why...

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

I know the security in Chicago is doing a great job and when something happens so quickly, you can’t blame anybody,

I’m here because I wanted to do this, bring emotion to Chicago,

I think right now it’s time to turn it up another notch. It’s time to refuel the batteries and go for it. This month is real important to us. The first 15 days are real important for us. Hopefully we can go there and we believe we can do that and hopefully everybody on my...

He’s come out and pitched two big games for us.

He pitched two big games for us. It’s going to be a real interesting talk.

I was kind of worried about him leaving the ball around the plate and giving up a home run, and all of a sudden he’d lose everything he built for the whole game. He said he was fine and I believe my pitchers.

He (Garcia) pitched well, he didn’t have his best stuff, but he battled. He made one mistake on the slider, but he didn’t get any help. We are not going to beat anyone with two hits.

That’s your fault being here, then,