There’s nothing better than to be around that man because he will teach you how to handle things on the field and off the field.

We were one pitch to get out of the inning, and we didn’t get it done.

He will know the league better. Last year he battled the league every day–he didn’t know the pitchers. Now he has one year under his belt. With a lot of confidence, he should have a...

To me, our pitching and our defense weren’t strong enough (in ’04), … Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.

No, I thought that one was funny. It’s true, though.

I’ve been involved in a lot of Opening Days, but this one was the best.

We didn’t pitch well at all, and that was the game.

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

We’re hitting like crazy right now. It’s about time. In 2005, it was just pitching, pitching, pitching.

It was fun to watch him pitch here.

I don’t have any worries about my bullpen, … We win a lot of ballgames because of them.

I don’t feel bad for Dusty because I know Dusty can handle it.

I hope White Sox fans don’t take it the wrong way like they always take me. But on our chest, in the beautiful city of Chicago, it says ‘White Sox.’ And when we play on...

When you score seven runs you expect to win. [Garland] just fell apart for a couple of innings. Obviously it’s not a good outing.

When you face the Cleveland Indians, you got to bring your ‘A’ game. You face that kind of a lineup and you get behind (in the count), you will get hit.

He’s a young kid. He’s 44, 45 and when you see that happen to anyone you feel shock. It’s a shame and I hope everything’s fine.

In Chicago they’re thanking me for a championship; here they’re thanking me for making them happy. For that reason, I had to bring the World Series trophy to Venezuela,

That’s important for every manager. You play good against your division, you have a better chance to have a better year.

Tomorrow is a big game for us, maybe the biggest game we’re going to play this year, and hopefully we come home a victory.

It’s hard to believe, we don’t get much respect,

That [has been] my dream forever. That’s something I’ve always wanted to happen here. I’ve seen it other places, and I always, always thought ‘Why not Chicago?’ It’s going to be a special moment.

The kid has a lot of potential. He just needs to get better offensively,

I watch the news every day, and this is something like what my country (Venezuela) went through 10 years ago with the mudslides.

The way Buehrle pitched, it seemed like they didn’t need a sign. Everything Buehrle pitched was right down the middle of the plate sinker, slider, changeup, whatever. He didn’t have the stuff. I asked him...

I think he’s ready to move on and be on the roster. I don’t know if I’ll play him or not. I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll give him another day.

This guy’s one of the best pitchers in baseball and when you make this guy leave in the second inning, no matter what you bring in from the bullpen, it’s not going to be better...

This is a tough issue. We have to respect them because they kicked our butt last night. If we think they’re doing something different, then we have to change the signs, location, whatever.

We played great baseball. Our fans have had so much patience. We did this for them.

If he’s not here, we don’t think about him. If he’s here, great. We can see him, see how he is. I know a couple of the guys here would be really happy to see...

The expectations for next year are greater but we need to take things step by step. It’s a matter of 25 or 30 baseball players. We already know what we must do. Hopefully, the team...

We didn’t look too good, but there is nothing you can go by. You got to wait for a couple of days when they get ready.

Right now he does. All I want to see him do is throw strikes. He was supposed to go in for one inning and it was so quick he had another shot. And he did...

If not then he’ll have to wait until Monday.

I liked everything about it, except the rain.

Everyone was concerned, because I was only throwing 85, but it was good today. It gives me a chance to keep Alex sharp.

We score more than five runs and this is what I have to deal with.

If you get behind hitters, you won’t survive in this game.

You’re going to make me cry here. Chico was one of my best friends in Chicago. I think where he is now, he would feel proud.

It’s an amazing job this kid did over the last year and a half. This kid came in with a lot of problems, mechanic and keeping his pitches. I always say Contreras got the best...

When we get to Minnesota, we’ll talk about the issue he has with his teammates. Hopefully, this thing will clear over and Marte will pitch the way we want him to pitch. But if I...

We have 20 guys in there. They have been inconsistent, way inconsistent. It’s going to kill them.

I feel embarrassed, I feel guilty. I wish I had not said it the way it sounds.

I might be scaring him. Maybe it’s my fault to go there and air him out. I might take the blame because all of a sudden I went out to air him out and said...

[Logan] has a pretty good chance to be on the club the way he throws the ball, the way he handles hitters.

When I played for him, I said, ‘If you don’t mind, I want to learn from you. Can I ask you questions during the game, why are you doing this?’ He explained it to me,

I’ll be concerned, … when we’re one game behind .

I like to be around people.

How can you be a choker or a loser when you’ve won 91 games?

They have so much balance because the pitching staff is great, the bullpen is one of the best in the league. Right now they can beat you so many different ways.

This is in our hands to do ourselves. It’s in our hands. If we keep thinking that [another team] is going to help us, we’re thinking the wrong way.