"Everybody wants to be a professional baseball player and, sure, as a kid, I wanted to do that. But once I got cut from my high school team, I figured there wasn't much chance of that ever happening. I'm still in awe of it."

"I don't like getting hit around. I don't care what situation. I want to go out there and get guys out."

"I just go out there, throw strikes, and give my team a chance to win."

"I'm not the talking type."

"I'm pretty patient since I'm big into hunting."

"I've always had good mechanics and stuff like that."

"The faster you work, the better off you're going to be."

"This is the big leagues and guys are going to get on base. Guys are going to make errors. You just can't get too worked up."

"To get a save in the World Series is the reason I can't stop smiling."

"Ultimately, I would like to get to 20 wins."

"You don't want to make that one mistake and give up a hit. I could feel my knees a little bit, a little shaken, a little extra adrenaline going for the ninth inning. I can't believe I did it (threw his first career no-hitter). Perfect game would have been nice, too."

"You just have to stay calm out there and make your pitches."

"Buehrle's the best to play behind. He just grabs the ball and fires it." - Paul Konerko

"He doesn't overpower you, but he gets you out. You just walk away with a comfortable 0-for-4." - Paul Konerko

"He is the heart of the White Sox." - Ozzie Guillen

"He's a great pitcher. If you give up three or more you're probably going to lose." - Billy Koch

"He's the ace, and he deserves to be." - Jon Garland

"If Buehrle were a Cub, he'd be glorified as a cerebral, crafty, consistent winner. He would be Greg Maddux, or at least the next Maddux, or possibly the left-handed Maddux." - Mike Imrem

"If he doesn't get another guy out the rest of his life, he's still got a no-hitter. It's like having a World Series ring. They can't take that away. That's the bottom line." - Paul Konoerko

"I make all the cuts at all levels now. It's known as the Buehrle Rule." - Bob Dunahue

"I think he's one of the best pitchers in the American League." - Magglio Ordonez

"The whole key to pitching is keeping hitters off-balance, and Mark Buehrle does that as well as anyone." - Jerry Manuel

"We may not have the big names in our rotation, but we think it can be as good as anyone's-and it all starts with our ace, Buehrle." - Ozzie Guillen

"When he needed a strikeout, he got a strikeout. When he needed a double play, he got a double play. " - Jerry Manuel

"When he takes the mound the team behind him knows it has a chance, and that's probably the biggest compliment you can give anybody." - -White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper