Ken Williams
Ken Williams
aaron amateur brings good guy himself league minor overlooked people players rob style
Rob brings a lot of the things that Aaron did in his style and aggressiveness and grinder-type attitude. A lot of people overlooked him as an amateur and minor league talent. He made himself into one of the better players in the big leagues. I don't know if the people here know how good he is. The guy can play.
bunch course criticism doubts guys picked reasons resilient team throughout
One of the reasons we picked each one of these guys on this team is we wanted a bunch of fighters, ... We wanted guys who could be resilient and had been resilient to criticism or doubts throughout the course of their whole career.
brought changed equally guys high makeup quality
The makeup has not changed on this team. We brought in guys of equally high quality. These guys are quality, quality guys.
field guy qualified rooms sitting
I've been out in the field with her, scouted, ... I've been in the back rooms with her, around the table. She's as qualified as any guy sitting in there around the table.
field guy qualified rooms sitting
I've been out in the field with her, scouted. I've been in the back rooms with her, around the table. She's as qualified as any guy sitting in there around the table,
attitude chicago fly guy happened last luxury second team
I'm probably the only guy in Chicago who doesn't have the luxury of relishing in the sentimentality of what happened last season. The defeatist attitude that we'll always be Chicago's second team doesn't fly with me.
consider deserve gotten guys position
I've always thought it's kind of disrespectful to the guys that have gotten you in the position to consider a move, ... So if you come out and say I need X, Y or Z ... they deserve better than that.
guys open opportunity protected somewhat step
It's an open competition. Because you are somewhat protected in this role, there's an opportunity for one of the young guys to step up.
chance coming everybody guy pull rod saw steel took
Everybody saw the plus-stuff; we didn't pull off any kind of heist or anything. We took a chance on a guy who was coming off of surgery, who had a steel rod in his arm, and got lucky.
chance coming everybody guy pull rod saw steel took
Everybody saw the plus-stuff; we didn't pull off any kind of heist or anything, ... We took a chance on a guy who was coming off of surgery, who had a steel rod in his arm, and got lucky.
behave environment expecting feeling guys hard learn men somewhere survive time treating
I do know there is a feeling that if you can't survive from this environment, you can't learn from this environment - you're going to have a hard time somewhere else. I don't want to make too much of it. Is there something revolutionary about treating guys just like men? And expecting them to behave like men?
corner permitted property school stand street total
It's just amazing, the turnaround. We went from not being permitted to even stand on the school's street corner to being permitted to stand on school property and also have a club. It's a total reversal.
consummate definitely liked
He was very well liked and definitely a consummate journalist.
fits good stay
He fits in here very well. He should probably stay here. This is a good place for him.