Ozzie Guillen
Ozzie Guillen
Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén Barriosis a Venezuelan former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. He then managed the White Sox from 2004 to 2011 and the Miami Marlins in 2012...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
CityOcumare del Tuy, Venezuela
believe forget soon uniform
As I said before the game, I don't believe they would be tired. As soon as you put a uniform on, you forget about pains.
Do we need him? Yes. Is he a big part of the group? Yes. Can we play without him? Yes.
champions
Don't live in the past. We're not world champions anymore.
forget win
Don't forget what we did to win the game. I don't want to concentrate on the calls.
days miss six
(Crede) can miss two days or he can miss six days.
besides guy helping humor hung people quiet shy
Vlad is a quiet guy around people he doesn't know. Besides being his coach, I was his interpreter and I was helping him off the field, and we pretty much hung around a lot when we were playing. I think Vlad got a lot of sense of humor and he's just shy around people.
mentally physically prepare tough
You have to prepare yourself mentally and physically to get through a tough season. When you prepare yourself that way, you make it easier.
almost game happened people played playoffs regular talked win wire year
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.
face
You face that kind of lineup, you will be hit.
boo clap class cleveland jim meant people players shaking
To me, it was kind of embarrassing. Even Cleveland players were shaking their heads. Cleveland people don't know how much Jim Thome meant to this town. You don't boo a class act. That's OK, we'll clap for him in Chicago.
honest lie media nobody people whether
To be honest with you, I'm going to be the same guy, whether people like it or not. It's the way I am. I'm going to tell the media what I think. I'm not going to lie to them. I'm going to be honest. Nobody is going to make me change.
doubt
There's no doubt about it, we really flat-out stink.
balance doubt team
There's no doubt about it. This is a team that has got better balance than any other team in the American League.
field handle man teach
There's nothing better than to be around that man because he will teach you how to handle things on the field and off the field.