(Crede) can miss two days or he can miss six days.

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...

It was amazing to see them like little kids, jumping up and down,

[Hernandez] has brought me all the way to here to this point. I have a lot of confidence in El Duque. He had one bad outing. We’re going to stay the same way, but in...

I think right now our lineup should be better offensively.

I loved that. You don’t see that everyplace. That shows that they knew Cleveland had a great season.

I don’t disrespect anybody. I want to make that clear. I’m not going to the White House because my kids are more important than anything in my life.

I’ve always got to have a Plan B. Always.

We didn’t finish it out.

I know with the staff we have that we will pitch better.

He reminds me of Greg Maddux. He goes out, throws 200-plus innings and throws as quick as he can.

Brutal. I think it’s really disappointing. … The way this kid played in this town, people should tip their caps. … I thought it was kind of embarrassing. Booing Jim Thome ? you don’t boo...

This is a team where you cannot mess around. With that lineup, you have to be almost perfect to beat them.

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

The velocity is there. But I talked to him early spring and before the last outing that I don’t want 97 or 98 [mph]. I want strikes. No matter how hard you throw, you aren’t...

No. I can’t imagine them being under .500, but you never know with injuries. No, Ozzie has come home. … We have an option on him for next year, so his contract really isn’t up.

First of all, I feel proud of my players. We went through a lot, a lot of tough times.

Yes. And that’s why I don’t want to hurry it. We have kind of an idea about what we’re going to do. I have to talk to [general manager] Kenny [Williams] about this, I have...

I think with Joe, this is what we are going to get. But when Joe is playing like he did, he is one of the best third baseman in the AL.

Bobby Cox called me last night and said, ‘You’ll never retire from baseball; make them retire you,’ … He called me like 4 yesterday and said: ‘You’re too good a baseball man; people like you....

He’s my true leader,

[The Angels] can beat you so many different ways

They never put their heads down.

You know, we don’t do the job and, when we fail doing that, it’s hard for us to win, … We don’t have the type of team that’s going to score 20 runs.

Most of these guys have never been in this situation, but I have, and I have to lead them,

He wanted to follow his teammates and be a part of that, too,

That’s your fault being here, then,

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.

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 ....

I switched my mind, … It worked for us.

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...

I was disappointed we didn’t play better. We didn’t do what we do all year long. We have a team that has to execute [the little things] to win. That’s our game, but we didn’t...

I feel for him. This man deserves to be there. A guy that represents this organization and baseball the way he does — we thought we were going to have a great shot. I just...

We’ve got five starters who go deep [into games], so we might not have to go crazy about hurrying to get somebody. I would worry if [the starters] went down.

He knew he wasn’t going to play for the Dominicans. He’s not a Dominican. I hate hypocrites. He’s full of (bleep).

Don’t live in the past. We’re not world champions anymore.

It’s a different season. We have to continue to play and forget about what’s already happened.

It gives fans a little more time to get here, especially with the construction on the Dan Ryan (Expressway).

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

People talk about the big lead. I never said we were going to win this thing by 20 games,

[Guillen wasn’t finished about his intent to stick with Contreras with left-hander Neal Cotts warming up.] He was dominating [the Twins], … People think I’m a bad manager or don’t know the game or fall...

We feel like `What’s going to be next?’ … I think someone has to step up and grab this team by the horns and take charge. It’s frustrating to keep leaving people on base. You...

As long as he’s not naked, he can be here any way he wants. But if he wants to be on the bench, and if he wants to be with the guys, he’s more than...

I think if the wind had been blowing out the ball would have been out on the freeway. Anyone would have had trouble making that play.

We’ve been great this year with two out and we’ve gotten a lot of clutch hits. Weaver was a little wild and couldn’t find the plate, so we were very patient with him and took...

It’s dangerous down there. I’m afraid to turn my back on those guys.

It was a weird game for him. He always throws strikes and he’s always around the plate. He just had a bad outing against the wrong people. They will take advantage of your mistakes.

Duque is going to be in the bullpen, … If Duque has trouble coming out of the bullpen, we’ve got to make a decision on what to do with him.

We’ll see when he shows up.

I was making the best lineup I could to help us win,