Ken Williams
Ken Williams
pieces
I still have 17 pieces of shrapnel in my neck.
gone seen team understand win
Understand that a lot of people, generations, have come and gone and not seen their team win the World Series,
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We have all seen the truth of the past year, from the tornadoes this past weekend to the hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, that even in the best-case scenario, we have to be prepared to take care of ourselves.
believe forces urgency
I think the sense of urgency was never really there to get it done and I believe something like this forces it to get done. I believe it can be done.
baseball classic exciting good supposed
I think the World Baseball Classic is one of the most exciting events. It's going to be good for the game. ... What else am I supposed to say?
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I saw his name and picture and thought he looked familiar, ... When I saw his age I thought it might be him.
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That support will come from the local economy ... there are people in this community who access those agencies all day, every day, and we need to sustain that support. That's as true for the Food Bank and Neighbor to Neighbor as it is for the Red Cross.
certain
He's not that kind of guy. We have a certain kind of chemistry.
game playing shut small
He's not going to shut me down. We're playing a small man's game.
behave environment expecting feeling guys hard learn men somewhere survive time treating
I do know there is a feeling that if you can't survive from this environment, you can't learn from this environment - you're going to have a hard time somewhere else. I don't want to make too much of it. Is there something revolutionary about treating guys just like men? And expecting them to behave like men?
cannot earned guys needed played
These guys have always done what needed to be done, ... I cannot say enough about the players. They played so hard. They earned this.
highly ideas
The ideas are the assets, and they're highly cash-generating.
brought changed equally guys high makeup quality
The makeup has not changed on this team. We brought in guys of equally high quality. These guys are quality, quality guys.