Guys like Nomar (Garciaparra) and (Todd) Walker, we faced him in the American League, and we're like, 'I don't remember him being like that.'

It's not the role we want to be in, playing the spoiler, ... but it's all we've got.

These guys [the White Sox] I think are better because they've got [designated hitter Jim] Thome now. The American League is a tough league.

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.

I played Little League in junior high and high school.

Nobody in this league is going to tell you that they don't want to start. I've bought into it, hoping there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But do I feel I could be starting on this team? Hell, yeah.