People started sending me mail saying I wasn't paying enough attention to the White Sox. I thought one way to put it to rest was to make a stupid statement. |
The instant the Red Sox won last year, I thought maybe we're next. |
The most emotional moment of the day for me was the ovation for Aaron. That was just awesome. |
There are a lot of diamonds, I'll tell you that much. |
There is a part of the country west of the Hudson River. I would think having fresh faces in the postseason is a good thing. |
There's hardly anybody still alive from 1917, and those few who are really don't much remember that. So this is the first time this has happened in almost everybody's lifetime. And the impact has just been incredible. Baseball makes people think about their ancestors, their parents and their grandparents. |
This certainly was quite a thrill. It's always just a wonderful feeling to [be here]. Today was sort of special. |
This was truly a team triumph. We didn't have a single .300 hitter. We only had one man who drove in 100 runs and it was just 100 runs. We didn't have a 20-game winner. Everybody contributed to it. It certainly was a tribute to our scouts, too. Think about how they jumped on Bobby Jenks. |
Today was sort of special, looking at the president of the United States and knowing that I knew him before he was in baseball — I helped get him into baseball. I used to sit around in a room and B.S. with him and kibitz with him and talk about the problems of baseball. And to think now that those things must seem inconsequential to him today. |
We didn't have a curse to deal with. We just had failure to deal with. |
We don't need celebrities here. We have real fans. |
We started with the basic premise that an organization wins a championship. Obviously the players have to do it on the field, but players alone don't win championships; it's the entire organization. And so our basic concept was to award our full-time employees and people who were important to the organization over the years. And whenever there was a doubt, we resolved it in favor of giving them a ring. |
We win the World Series and Ozzie retires, who says I'm not going to retire? |
We're not a team with a lot of stars. |
We're saddened by the news. Al lived a long and good life. We're so pleased we were able to win the World Series this year and that he was able to see it before he died. |