Don Cooper
Don Cooper
Donald James Cooperis a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the current pitching coach of the Chicago White Sox...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
attitude believes brings confident knows season
I think the attitude he now brings into this season is because he knows what he's got. He's a very confident guy, and he believes in that stuff, the way he should.
maybe staying
It's like when 'Seinfeld' went off the air, ... By staying around maybe you dilute what you've accomplished.
ahead future nor york
I don't know, nor do I really care, about what went on in New York with Jose. I think Contreras' future is ahead of him.
criticism critics-and-criticism face guy ruined seen
Let's face it, there was a lot of criticism when he started in New York. I've been saying, if that would have ruined his career, then he's not the guy we thought he was anyway. And we've all seen first-hand that's not the case.
draw fourth game guy series won
This is still the guy who won the fourth game of the World Series for us. I'm not going to draw conclusions from one day.
excited focus mine trying win
He'd be excited about it, ... But his focus would be where mine is, on trying to win a world championship.
envisioned facing point yankees
I think this is what the Yankees envisioned when he was there. I just don't think he was prepared, at that point in his life, for what he was facing there.
begun bigger game happened history legacy maybe might name time type white
I think that game might have permanently etched Buehrle's name in White Sox history and maybe even begun a legacy type of thing. It couldn't have happened at a better time or a bigger moment.
baseball basically coach job people
My job is basically to coach the people who are there. Everyone in baseball knows, though, that Vazquez is a high-quality pitcher.
ahead challenge four full game great harness pitches season throw
It's his first full season in the big leagues, so he has a challenge ahead of him. The challenge is to harness those four great pitches he has. If he can throw to the glove this year, it's game over.
forward looking
I'm really looking forward to this. It's fun.
difficult face five innings looked work
Let's face it, it's very, very difficult to get our work in. The disappointing thing is that it looked like we were going to get our five innings in.
amazed guess stop
It's amazing. But I guess I should stop being amazed by them at this point.
aggressive began believe confidence great himself perception physical process
My perception was that he was a great physical specimen, and what a worker. He didn't have as much confidence in himself as he should, wasn't as aggressive as he should be, and we began a process - and it was a process - of getting him to believe in himself.