Ozzie Guillen Kid Quotations

If this kid stays healthy, he has a chance to hit a lot more homers, especially in this park. In the summer, this park gets smaller.

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 a class act.

I don't want this kid just to make an excuse that he was hurt just because he was giving it up.

I don't want this kid just to make an excuse like he was hurt just because he was giving it up,

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 makes any lineup stronger. This kid is a professional hitter. He knows what he is doing. I don't have to worry about him while he is in the lineup.

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 think this kid is in the right place at the right time.

I think this kid is going to help us on the playoff roster,

I was thinking we'd have men on second and third and one out. There was a lot of risk ... But this kid is a real solid second baseman. That is one reason he plays every day.

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 consistent with that. When this kid is on, he's on for good and we need those hitters at the bottom of the lineup.

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. Winter ball is over, and I think they punished him for that. I'm not going to take anything away from this kid to make the club.

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

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.

Before I got the job, Jon never had the opportunity to go more than six, seven innings. They always pulled him out, and all of a sudden I give him the chance and he took advantage. I think this kid's arm is there. This kid gives 200 innings every year, he never misses a start. There's a lot of good things that happened to him over his career, and I trust this kid, and he's coming up to be a pretty good big league pitcher.

This city owes him a lot. This kid loved this city and he did a good thing for them. (Today) he just got his butt kicked. That's it. He just didn't have it.

This kid went from my last starter to No.1 in the playoffs for us. If you told me in April that 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 this.

This kid went from my last starter to No.1 in the playoffs for us, ... If you told me in April that 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 this.

This kid showed me he can do this job, do the role. I'll go by my gut feeling. Hermanson's opportunities will be there, but the way Jenks throws, I'm going to take a lot of chances with him.

This kid is the best player in baseball, to me. He's always going to be running and he's always going to make something happen. That's why he gets paid a lot of money.

This kid is going to carry us for a while. This is going to be a fun summer.

This kid does everything for the team. That's why I keep saying this kid is my MVP.

This kid does everything for the team, ... That's why I keep saying this kid is my MVP.

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 can carry the team for two or three weeks,

That kid has been doing the same stuff all year long.

It's an amazing job this kid did over the last year and a half, ... This kid came in with a lot of problems, mechanics and keeping his pitches down. I always say Contreras got the best arm on my staff. There's not a doubt about it. It was a matter of time when he got more confidence and he was throwing more strikes.

I look at the scoreboard and it says this guy (Thome) hit more home runs against the White Sox than anybody. He's got 18 in this ballpark. Hopefully, he'll hit another 60. I know if this kid stays healthy, he's going to do some damage in Chicago.

He said Marte is fine. He's 100 percent to go, ... It makes you wonder if the injury was mentally or physically. If the injury was mental, it's a shame because that kid has better stuff than a lot of people in this game.

I can see this kid having a pretty good year. That's why we got him. He could carry this team for a little while.

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

The key to this ball club and the key to him is keeping healthy. We have to do the best we can to keep him healthy. As long as this kid is healthy he can do some damage.