People were killing me on national TV,

You get to the playoffs you got to win 11 games. In the regular season, you win 99 and go to the wire and almost lose. The way we played all year long it was...

As soon as you put the uniform on, you forget about pains,

If you leave that many on base, you aren’t going to win many games. It keeps happening, and I don’t know why. We had opportunities, and didn’t take them.

That was a big part of the game.

you run out of codes. You run out of answers. You start making stuff up.

Jose had always had the best arm on my team. It’s a matter of time when he can use that. It’s a matter of confidence. This kid won a big game for us and he...

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

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 more important thing now is Frank’s health,

I said earlier in the day that when we score first, we have a chance. But when you play against that team, if you’re up by 6 runs your heart is still pumping.

I feel for him. I think this man deserves to be there; obviously he’s not. Hopefully, Minnie will know how to handle this and keep working for baseball.

Right now I can’t count on him. We’re going to see what happens, but right now we’ll look for people to replace him.

Was I real upset about it? Yes. Sometimes you have to be careful with who you listen to. Sometimes you listen to the people that think it’s right for them and forget about the kid....

Everybody is chasing us, everybody wants to play good against us. No doubt about it. We have to take the same approach as we have in the past. We have to play the game the...

The last three innings, he was outstanding. His pitch count was low, he was getting people out right away.

In this game, if you perform well, people don’t care (if you are heavy). But if you don’t perform, they’ll blame (the weight).

He made two mistakes, but I think he was outstanding. He threw the ball better and hopefully he continues to progress.

The first inning set the tone. Every time we score early in the game, we seem like we play better baseball.

If you told me in April that Jose Contreras was going to be my ace and Bobby Jenks was going to be my closer, I would tell you I don’t think we’re going to win...

You don’t throw strikes, you’re going to get murdered. We came in here and all of a sudden it was like we’re facing Nolan Ryan. You may throw 99 (mph), but you still need to...

I don’t have bodyguards, but the trophy has like five guys taking care of it,

Kenny gave me the best guys, … Not only put the best players on the field, but put the best team players on the field.

All year we play pretty good baseball. Cleveland has played outstanding. We can’t control that. Now, we have a chance to control that.

Strikes. He makes guys swing bats. He’s not afraid.

It’s a thing when we lose a game, I’m in my office for another hour when everybody goes home. I sit an hour to figure out what we did wrong. … When we win, I’m...

Hey, I’ve got to rest my players, … They’re really drained out the last two weeks.

We’re still thinking about it,

For the franchise it’s great, … Finally we make another big step. I think the people in Chicago should feel proud of these players. They did everything. Every day they come out and became what...

If we win the World Series, I would quit baseball and run for mayor.

Mr. Cooper? He’s over there,

Carl is a veteran. We know what to expect from him. When you play this game long enough and believe in your players, you can’t give up that easily.

To me, this kid is the best pitcher in baseball right now, … He’s been the best the last two years.

I think he’s swinging at better pitches. He’s not trying to pull everything. He’s trying to hit the ball into the middle of the field and right field. We wish this kid would be more...

I think I’ll be the first manager to catch a first pitch in the World Series,

I don’t like it the way it happened. I wonder why he hit for Teixeira that last inning. That’s a Tony La Russa move. That’s a pretty smart move. I’m not going to hit anyone...

We built this team around defense and pitching. When you’ve got good defense, your pitching staff is going to be better because they’re not going to make that many mistakes.

We cannot relax. We have to fight all the way to the end. We have (six) games against Cleveland at the end of the season. It’s not over until it’s over.

Well there is a thing I would say to the mayor. I would say I’ve been in this country for 25 years and I don’t have American citizenship. He should help me do that. I’ll...

He was a tremendous ambassador for the team. I think Dave Winfield said the right thing: He was the only player in the history of baseball everybody loved.

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

I like what I see. He throws strikes. He did a tremendous job. Right now he’s going to be the talk of the next couple of days.

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

I think that game set everything up for the playoffs.

The [poor] outing before was due to [bad] location and tipping the pitch.

A.J., because they boo A.J. everywhere. Even in his backyard, his wife and kids boo him.

[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...

You just saw, … a Chicago baseball game.

Marte showed up like a man, … He showed his teammates how sorry he was.

I thought I would see better pitching performances because our pitching staff is pretty good and so is theirs, … Right now, they’re not throwing the ball the way people thought.