Kenny Williams
Kenny Williams
confidence consider
If it wasn't for my confidence in Cooper, I couldn't consider these things.
bunch hanging noticed spring training
It was in spring training that you noticed a bunch of them hanging around together, going out to dinner,
miss
He's an idiot. He's selfish. That's why we don't miss him.
bit continue evolve growing known manner position responsibility team work
Just because we've come off a world championship, we have work to do as a team and as an organization, and as individuals. Ozzie is still growing into the position and the responsibility of the position as well as I am. We'll just continue to try to evolve in a way that is a first-class and respectable way. We not only want to try to win, we want to try to win in a first-class manner and be known as a first-class organization. Clearly, we have a little bit of work to do, but we will keep at it.
initial phone returned talk
This talk could have been had way back when if he'd returned my initial phone call.
certain defense diverse fell needed pitching primarily reinvent
We weren't diverse enough, ... We needed to get better in certain areas, pitching primarily and defense secondarily. We didn't go out and try to reinvent the wheel. We just fell back on what has been timeless.
good miss
We don't miss his attitude. We don't miss the whining. ... Good riddance.
certainly pleased result
We are certainly pleased with where he is and where we are as a result of what he has done.
becomes common criticized critics-and-criticism doubted guy sports team tough
You look around at our team and it's tough to find a guy who hasn't been doubted or criticized in some way. They all have that as a common denominator, and it becomes part of your personality as a team.
single top
We'll never let A.J. get on top of the world. Never. Not one single day.
benchmark explain percentage playoff successful trends
You can look at different trends to explain it, a .355 on-base percentage being the benchmark for a successful playoff team,
clean concerned happening stuff whatever
Whatever his explanations are as to what he said, he's got to clean up his own house. I'm concerned about what is happening on the field. All the other stuff I can't be concerned about.
bunch few last starts
We had a whole bunch of starts the last few years and we underachieved,
equations game theories time timeless
There are so many formulas, equations and theories in this game right now, ... I'm sorry, but I'm getting confused. We had to go back in time and come up with some things that have always been timeless in this game.