Ozzie Guillen Won Quotations

If we start Garland in the first game, we're going to hurt three guys, ... I know it's not fair for Gar. ... It's not my fault we won in only three (games). ... Sometimes you have to make a decision you don't want to.

If we start Garland in the first game, we're going to hurt three guys. I know it's not fair for Gar. ... It's not my fault we won in only three (games). ... Sometimes you have to make a decision you don't want to.

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.

Whether you won or lost the night before, it's a brand new game. It' s my job and my coaches' job to remind the players that no matter what happened last night, it doesn't mean anything today. This is not like football where you have to wait one week to recover. You just have to get up every day and fight. If you carry it over, you're a loser.

We built this team around defense and pitching. I think our defense was one of the biggest reasons we won the World Series, no doubt about it. I knew we were going to play good defense all year long.

I see St. Louis has 95 (wins). The White Sox 90. And we feel like we won only 10 games this year, ... Some people treat my team like a piece of (garbage). And we're not.

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.

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

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's a great feeling. The funny thing about this is when I won the World Series, a lot of people felt that was my dream. That was my goal, to win the World Series. To do this is something real special.