Ozzie Guillen Game Quotations

I always wanted to get off the field as quick as I could. It's easier for everybody and it's more fun. I played behind Maddux a little bit (in Atlanta in 1998-99) and you knew that on any pitch, the (hitter) was going to put the ball in play. You enjoy the game a little bit more when you have a pitcher like that.

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.

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

When he came to the States, he knows he's got to change the game for us, and he did, ... If you look at my team from a manager's view, one of the biggest reasons we're here is because of Iguchi.

If I named all that I'm disappointed about, we might be here all day. The entire week was disappointing. Even the game we won, I was disappointed. If we continue to play like this, good luck.

He gives the team a chance to refuel, to get back to playing the way we played early in the season, ... Everybody knows how important this kid is for us, for the type of game we play.

He helps us in the field. But he helps this team more in the clubhouse, in the hotels, in the bus, in the planes. You look around baseball and one of the people they don't say anything negative about is Jim Thome. They love the way he respects the game and treats his fans and teammates.

We talked about this all week and I felt like I let Duque down. I'm not trying to hurt my pitcher's feelings, but we had a plan before the game starts. Duque didn't throw the ball the way we like him to throw the ball. Most of the balls that got hit were hit hard. We thought he was going to give me four, five, six innings to get McCarthy ready to go. Our plans didn't work.

He needed that more than anyone else for his confidence. This game is about confidence and believing in yourself. You're always going to struggle in this game, and when you swing better and don't get results, it puts doubts in your mind and that kills you.

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 showed the guys when you have confidence and throw strikes and attack the strike zone, you can win a lot of games.

I said before the game that I didn't believe (the Angels) were going to be tired. As soon as you put on the uniform, you forget about the pains and how tired you are.

I will be concerned if we are one game behind, ... You get nervous when you don't do anything about it ... We just have to keep fighting.

I will be concerned if we are one game behind. You get nervous when you don't do anything about it ... We just have to keep fighting.

I think that game set everything up for the playoffs.

I think Mark is one of the most underrated pitchers in the game right now.

Right when we needed it. This was a big game for the team. I don't know what it means to him, his first major league win, but for the team, that's a big win, huge.

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.

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.

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 way we've always played the game. Don't believe the hype. You have to go there and play the game and not worry about what people think.

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.

I've only been thrown out four times in my career, not my managing career. If I get tossed from the game, I think I let the team down. If a manager is not there in a playoff game I think you lose the respect of your team. I need my players and my players need me.

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 like a playoff game every day. ... I talked to the guys. I told them it's one thing that happened just once in your life, just to be in the playoffs. Some people play a lot of years in this game and never have this opportunity.

Two months ago everybody wanted to kill this kid and get him out of town because he was pitching horrible. 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 showed the guys when you have confidence and throw strikes and attack the strike zone, you can win a lot of games.

That's my third hitter, ... And we've got to play our game and hopefully they don't change the game that we've played all year long.

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.

I never, ever said we were going to win this thing easy. A lot of people thought I was scared, a lot of people thought I was insecure. ... No, no, no. I know baseball. I will be concerned if we are one game behind.

I never saw anybody lose a game and get a standing ovation. . . . They made the Cleveland fans really excited. They made baseball great to watch.

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

I'm not the type of person who counts something I don't have. Do we think about it? Yeah, that's part of the game and part of the strategy. We have to make decisions and make rosters. Right now, I try to stay away the most I can about talking about playoff games.

I knew 100 percent, for sure. In Game 2, it was close. This play, anybody could see.

(Sunday) is a big game for us. Maybe the biggest game we're going to play this year and hopefully we come home with a victory. It's not going to be easy. Those guys are going to show up ready to play and ... you never know what's going to happen.

Sweeping this team, the way they were playing, is tough. I think we weren't playing the game the way we should early, but now we are getting better.

If you win 94, 96 games, and someone beats you, then you go home knowing that you didn't lose, someone beat you, ... You can't let it get to you. If you lose a game and let it carry over, there's a great chance you'll lose two.

He told me that he wanted to play. I ask my player the next day, especially the catcher, and he said he's ready to go. He wants to play. I think he was a little upset by the game last night. I'm not going to play him unless he tells me that he's 80 to 100 percent ready to go.

Hopefully, when the game starts, he'll be ready and hopefully, we won't need to use him.

The game will dictate whether they will pitch long if I will pinch-hit for him,

The game will give you a nice stuff, but your kids are going to be there forever,

I told my players, 'Don't just come here and play the game just to fill out the schedule, ... It's a big game for us.

We had the bases loaded and we should have won the game right there. The hitters got to be better in the stretch. It's not going to be easy.

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.

This kid comes out in a big game like this and pitched like he did, he should have come out with the win.

This kid's been great, ... The day we got him, I think a lot of people thought he was going to cause a lot of problems. The only thing A.J.'s brought here is good things. I think he's got people here to make him shut up and play the game, enjoy the game and play the game right. A lot of people misunderstand this kid. If we think he's doing things he shouldn't be, we let him know.

Anderson having a game like this gives me an opportunity to give (Aaron) Rowland another day off.