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

No offense to Juan Gonzalez, who is a friend, … but the best thing to happen to Cleveland was when Juan got hurt and they let Sizemore play every day. The best player in the...

The fans in Chicago waited so long with so much patience and were still there for us, rooting for us for I don’t know how many years. Good thing we did it.

Great job. Wow. I think McCarthy was the star of the game. He saved my bullpen.

I am not panicking. I just expect him to throw more strikes.

Why is the lineup this way? … Because I’m the manager. I wanted it that way. A couple of guys needed rest.

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

We are playing against the best. They are the champions and they know how to play in the playoffs. We didn’t face them during the season when we were pitching well. Now, we are. That’s...

The Venezuelan people who know me don’t feel proud because we’re winning,

When the ball bounces your way, you have a chance. This is a game about inches, and we take advantage of the two inches that helped us today.

He has some personal things to take care of. I don’t want him to bring his personal problems into the game. That’s why I’ll give him another day. I don’t want him to be rushing...

short and too the point.

It’s hard to win when you get two hits. Freddy didn’t have anything on the ball today. He made one mistake. … But he still went out and pitched well.

I have a lot of faith in my bullpen, … We win a lot of games because of them.

This isn’t golf. It’s supposed to be loud.

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

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

I can eat and drink for free in Chicago. What’s better than that?

That happened to me. I was talking crap about the White Sox, but I just said it once. That’s it. I got it off of my chest. If you hear it day in and day...

We’re going to continue to look around and see what happens.

I did it because we had a bullfight one day, and I didn’t want to go to spring training. I got all the excuses.

It was great, nice for the guys. Thank God this thing is over. All the circus is over and we can concentrate on playing baseball.

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

I was thinking we’d have men on second and third and one out. There was a lot of risk … But this kid is a real solid second baseman. That is one reason he plays...

I was pretty impressed. The balls don’t carry here much.

Igu should be my MVP. And he should win Rookie of the Year.

We never thought we would hit 200 home runs. You have to execute, especially in (playoff) games. You’re going to win a lot of games by one run.

Welcome to the House of Terrors. I think we didn’t lose it, we gave it away. We just walked too many guys, and that’s something this club hasn’t done this year. It’s amazing they didn’t...

Pitchers always set the tone. Besides one bad inning against Toronto earlier in the year, he has been great for us.

Freddy was outstanding. That was one of the best I’ve ever seen him throw. That’s the Freddy we like to see.

I’m happy for him. He’s one of my buddies from the Marlins, and it’s good to see him back.

I want the ring. I’m not satisfied.

Don’t get cocky. Anything can happen.

I expect it when we bring in Jenks, … The more I see this kid, the more I like him.

I think it’s going to be a real attractive and weird World Series because you’ve got two teams that aren’t supposed to be there. You’re not going to see the big-name franchises. Nothing against them....

We’re playing lousy baseball on the bases, pitching, everything. There’s no doubt about it. We really flat-out stink. It’s not the same team I’ve been watching all year.

He said ‘Get them tomorrow,’

Everybody thinks the players who come from Latin America were shining shoes, … I lived good.

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...

I think this kid is going to help us on the playoff roster,

When you win, it never gets old.

When we were really struggling, you didn’t see guys get two hits in a game. Any time someone got one hit, one walk — nobody could put it together. Tonight when we were hitting the...

This is not my dream. This is my goal.

It’s time to see what he has and if he can help us now in the stretch.

Freddy is supposed to be a big-game pitcher, … Everything is in Freddy’s odds. He should be all right.

Right now, it’s too early to make a call.

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

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.

When you make the lineup, whoever likes it or whoever doesn’t, too bad. If he doesn’t like it, go home.

We didn’t pitch well. He left a couple pitches hanging against a pretty good ball club. The effort overall wasn’t there to win the game.