Jermaine Dye Quotations

We don't have any egos on this team. I think that was what was really special about this club,

We don't have any egos on this team, ... Everybody got along with each other. . . . Ozzie will say whatever is on his mind and he keeps everybody loose.

We're just missing pitches. We've got to continue to battle and not put pressure on ourselves.

We're just happy to be able to bring a championship to the city of Chicago, and it's really special.

When he first hit it, I thought it was probably gone. It had just gotten cold. Maybe earlier when it was warm it would have gone out.

What we play is a National League-style of baseball. This is the way baseball should be played.

When I hit it, I thought it was probably gone.

Last year was the best team I've played on as far as an all-around team. Maybe not the best players. But as far as a team in the clubhouse, on the field, pulling for each other, it was the best. That's why we were able to win.

One of the worst weather games we played in so far.

No one ever said this was going to be easy. We've got to stay positive and just find a way to get some momentum.

I didn't really try to do too much, ... Just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.

We've got to play these games out and see where we're at.

Guys stepped up towards the end of the season and even though we were going bad we had a taste of not making it to the playoffs and I think guys got refocused again and played like we did the whole first half that last week and carried it on into the playoffs.

Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,

It brings back memories. I think it's something you may think about every now and then. It's something I'll never forget and at the same time, it's another season and I just have to get ready.

It didn't hit me. I turned, and he told me it hit me. When the umpire tells you to go to first base, you go to first base. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.

It hit my bat. I turned around and the umpire said it hit me. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.

It gives your team a big boost. It not only helps the pitcher throw strikes, it takes pressure off the other guys to not try to do too much. We're rolling now and we have to keep it going.

I was just excited to be there, just having fun. You just never know if you're going to get that chance again, ... Nine years later, 10 years later or whatever, I think I kind of knew what it took to get back to the playoffs and win.

Just got a fastball out over the plate and did what I wanted to do. I think the ball was carrying. I think the wind was bouncing off the stands and sending the ball back out.

Just getting back to where I was my rookie year, this is everybody's dream. We're just living a dream so far. Hopefully we can get that jewelry at the end.

Our focus is to get out and win series.

It feels unbelievable. This is an exciting moment, ... It's something I never will forget.

It doesn't matter to me. I've always been in the middle of the lineup anywhere.

I still feel it grab a little bit. If it was September or something I would definitely gut it out, but since it's the first week, I'll probably give it another day or so.

I think his personality rubbed off on everybody,

That was like another player who put up those numbers, ... That wasn't me. A lot of people around here have told me you just have to throw out last year, and that's what I'm trying to do.

That's the sign of a good team, ... If the opposing team gives you extra outs, you know you're good if you can go out there and build on it.

We haven't seen live pitching in a while, not (seen) any game situations. But no excuses.

You just want to do what you're capable of doing. You can't worry about what other guys are doing. You got to go out there every day focused on your game. If guys in front of you are doing good, hopefully you're right along with them.

We had a lot of young guys mixed with some older guys who just wanted to win.

We had our chances and I just didn't do my job.

We're trying to win series. You feed off everything, and we're all doing well. It's an all-around team effort.

We've got to continue to battle and not put pressure on ourselves.

Two good pitching staffs going at it. Hopefully it is a low-scoring game,

You can let the game come to you and we did that tonight. We haven't had one of these in a while. The offense showed up and Freddy went out there and did what he needed to.

We had a guy at the plate that hadn't played in a while, so it's tough to expect him to go up there and get a hit.

We're going through a tough time right now. But a win is a win, and we'll take it.

We're going through a tough time right now, ... But a win is a win, and we'll take it.

Being a rookie, you don't know what to expect out of a World Series. You're just happy to be there. It's basically a lot of rah-rah, ... Now, I've had a lot of playoff experience with Oakland. This is my fifth time in the postseason. I'm just happy to get back and I hope to get a ring this time.

It was very special. I didn't really know what to expect -- meeting the President was a great honor.

I've been around this game for so long and been in stretch runs like this and playoff runs. This game comes at you day in and day. Last night I couldn't get it done, but tonight I'm a hero.

I usually didn't play against him. I don't know what it is year to year. I went in with the same game plan.

You're fouling pitches off your leg all the time. It's a matter of catching one spot with a lot of force into it -- then you've got a chance to do something bad.

This is not necessarily a home run lineup, but we have guys who are strong enough to hit home runs. The guys are feeding off each other right now...and we're playing good team baseball.

A couple of guys could have got it. We all worked hard to do whatever we could to help this team win and guys came up with big hits in a lot of situations. And it's just special for me to be thought of as MVP.

It was good. I think a lot of guys enjoyed it. Just to understand what those guys went through.

It was good for him to be down there today and talk to the guys, to have somebody there who actually played and went through all that stuff. He did some good things back in the day and it's fun to be around him. He's 94 years old and looks like he's in his 60s.

It's the playoffs. You never know what's going to happen.

It means a lot not only to us in the clubhouse but to the organization, the fans, the city. It's a great feeling. We're just happy to be able to bring a championship to the city of Chicago. It's really special.

It means a lot. He's been to the dance before. Not in baseball, but he knows this feeling. His heart and soul is in baseball and he's told me many times he'd trade all his rings for a World Series championship. We're not only doing it for the players first in the clubhouse, but for Jerry and Kenny and everybody else.

It's going to be tough to pick the ball up in the first three or four innings.

It's been a long time since they've been in the World Series and won, ... And it means a lot, not only to us in the clubhouse but to the organization, to the fans, to the city, and it's just a great feeling. And we're just happy to be able to bring a championship to the city of Chicago, and it's really special.

It's a new year and he caught me when I was swinging good.

It just so happens that he hears stuff from what umpires say on certain calls like that,

It was kind of funny to me. When you come to an opposing team's ballpark and something happens that may have not gone their way, they'll let you know about it. He thought it was kind of funny. He said he's known now. I told him he could probably go to Hollywood now and become a movie star.

I'm not really doing anything different. I'm usually a slow starter. We're playing well right now, and I just want to contribute.

I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off. Just go to first and, hopefully, we get a big hit and we did.

I knew our starting pitchers and bullpen had the capability to go out there and shut teams down. I knew with our offense we were good. From the start of spring training everyone was hungry, everybody's pulling on the same rope.

I hadn't thought of it that way. Our paths have just gone two different directions.

I had my chance and didn't do it,

I had a game plan going up there. I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much.

I had a game plan going up there, ... I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much.

I had a game plan going up there,

If you look at the replay, it shows it hit the bat, ... I can't argue with that. I'd tell you lies if I said it hit me.

I know he throws a lot of sliders, ... He throws hard but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest.

I haven't felt this good since my last full year in Kansas City, ... Being stronger should help me stay away from injuries, and when I can stay on the field, I know I can produce.

He's just been off the charts,'' Oakland manager Ken Macha said,

He thought it was kind of funny. He said he's known now. I told him he could probably go to Hollywood now and become a movie star.

He's one of a kind, ... I haven't seen too many guys go out there and throw 100 miles an hour with some cut on it. I faced him in a simulated game the other day and all I can say about it is, I'm glad he's on this team. He looks mean and he comes right at you like, 'Here it is, if you can hit it, hit it.'

You can sit back when you are old and gray and remember some of the good old days.

The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one for a ball and I stayed with my game plan. I didn't really try to do too much, just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.

And from the start of spring training everybody was hungry. Everybody wanted to go out there and win together. Everybody was pulling on the same rope.