White Sox Quotes

Jon Garland hopes his request won't fall on deaf ears for Sunday afternoon's series finale and the last game of a seven-game homestand.

"Garland was joking with me about that," said Buehrle after improving to 11-12. "I told him, 'If you just ask them to score 10 runs for you, they will do it.'” - after 13-2 win on 8/23/03
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"When he was coming up in between (the third and fourth) innings, I looked over at him and told him, 'Two pitches. That's it,'" said Buehrle with a smile. "He started laughing. I wanted to tip my hat to him once he walked away (after the first at-bat), but he wasn't looking. We both battled back and forth, but at 3-2, I couldn't afford to nitpick." – after a 17-pitch at-bat to Raphael Palmeiro in the 13-2 win over the Rangers on 8/23/03
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"I don't know what it is," said White Sox starter Mark Buehrle, who has a 6-4 record with a 3.68 ERA at home and a 5-8 mark with a 4.28 ERA on the road. "Maybe we should have a curfew. I'm going to start flying in all the family members and relatives to where we are going, all the people that are here, so we can start winning on the road." – 8/25/2003
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"It's really awesome," Buehrle said. "I'm thrilled to be here, and I'm ecstatic that Paul's here too, in fact I wouldn't want to be here if he wasn't here because he deserves this more than I do." – on being on the All-Star team in 2002.
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"I believe that if I work hard I can get to the majors in three years.'' - Jon Garland, 1997, age 17. (MLB debut: July 4, 2000, age 20 years and 280 days)
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“I'm not thinking about age. I'm thinking about the game and what I need to do. Age doesn't matter. If you can do it, you can do it. I think I took the right attitude into the season (at Class AAA) and kept it every start. I didn't change. I just wanted to attack hitters.” Upon becoming the youngest player in the majors (age 20) and appearing unfazed prior to making his debut, July 2000, Jon Garland
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"I put the bar really high on myself. I don't come in here thinking this is going to be a year I can learn. You learn as you go, but at the same time you want to be doing good for your team." - Jon Garland at age 22
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“If you are satisfied with what you are doing, then you aren't really satisfied. You should always want more and want to be at a higher level and take it there." – Jon Garland
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"I've seen it," White Sox pitcher Jon Garland said. "Aren't they the things that spit on you? I don't want an ostrich to spit on me." ” From a 2003 Spring Training article called “Camping out with Scott Miller” discussing an ostrich farm.  I would like to point out that birds don't have lips, ergo they can't spit.... Stick to baseball, Jon.
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"You can ask anybody in the room. My numbers are the worst in here but I'm still a jerk to everybody, yelling at everybody, getting them going.  Once I get it back, then I'll be even worse to the guys."  - Billy Koch
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"It was improbable, but not impossible," added Koch of the team's thoughts before the official elimination. “But we knew it would be awfully tough. This is a damn good club. It's a shame that it's over." – 9/23/03, the day the music died…
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"I thought Paulie could jump. I know he's not fleet of foot, but at least have some hops. I guess we know who is not going to win a gold glove. I was trying to become a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service." - Billy Koch on air mailing a throw over Paul Konerko's head on Gary Sheffield's ninth-inning chopper to the right of the mound. (4/10/04)
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"It's starting to sink in a little seeing all of the great players in this room," Konerko said during the American League All-Star interview session Monday at the Pfister Hotel. "To make this team and then to (compete) in the Home Run Derby, it's a thrill. I just hope I don't embarrass myself." – Is 2^nd place in the derby and a record-tying 2 doubles in the game good enough for ya, Paul?
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"We'll have to buy Mark some clothes to wear." – Paul Konerko talking about the 2002 All-Star Game.  Something we should know, Paul?
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"I don't know if I ever fouled a ball off the back of my right knee. It takes a special hitter to do that. But I'll ice it and be okay. It won't slow me down." - Paul Konerko on fouling a pitch off of his right knee, before delivering the game-winning hit in Saturday's game
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Like a grammar-school nerd hanging from a nail in his locker, Lee needed center fielder Carl Everett to pry him loose from the panel with the "X" of Texas.

"I looked at Carl and said: 'Can you please come over here?'" Lee recalled. "If he hadn't come to help me, I'd still be there. At least I have a good memory now." – @ BOS, 9/20/03
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"Even when I don't have to get up [early], I can't stay up past 10.  My daughter's 2½, and I fall asleep before she does."  Aaron Rowand discussing his off-season sleeping habits.  I guess being at the gym by 6AM at least four days a week will do that to a guy…
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"I'm used to doing StairMaster and leg presses.  This was all squats and jumps. I couldn't walk for three days."  Reliever Kelly Wunsch on attempting Aaron Rowand’s off-season workout over a New Year’s visit.

Two weeks ago, Rowand purchased EA Sports NCAA Football 2004 for PlayStation2, and he plays religiously before taking batting practice. The team provides the PlayStation2 and Rowand brings in his own disc to home and away games.

"This game is awesome," Rowand said, as his University of Southern California team downed Miami, Fla. to improve to 3-0. "You play a season and, after your season, you actually have to recruit. And when the players graduate, they graduate to Madden football."

Rowand also discovered the game mirrors real life in other intriguing ways.

"Last season I went undefeated and won the championship, my quarterback was a sophomore, and I lost him to the NFL," Rowand said. "I had to try to convince him and my redshirt junior, who was defensive player of the year, to stay. I was able to keep the defensive player."
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