Quotes from Giancarlo Stanton

I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple sports helped tremendously in my baseball career. I have the agility of all three combined into one.

Everyone has the answer. Everyone has this. You just got to move slowly. You get good little bits of advice and go from there.

I don't want to get in trouble here, but the All-Star Game shouldn't count for anything. It should just be for fun.

Just got to keep moving. Progress.

Yeah, I'm financially good for the rest of my life - great. But I'm not trying to come here, get my butt kicked for 10 years, and go home to a lavish lifestyle. That's not fun for me.

That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.

I want to win, and I want to win in Miami.

I don't want to come to an empty stadium.

I'm very comfortable here. I enjoy all aspects of it. This is a place I want to make a stamp and bring something that Miami hasn't seen before.

Training isn't fun for me. I do it because it's what my body needs, and I have a standard. It's a thing I make sure I do.

I'm the man of a million names.

The game is nine innings. It's not two, three. It doesn't matter if it's the fifth through the seventh or the seventh through the ninth. It's not two innings - it's nine.

I can deal with losing as long as one is trying to win. If you're losing, and you're not trying to win, that is not fair.

You want to stick with one sport and master one thing and be good, yeah, you might be able to go to more combines, but the life experiences and athleticism you get from playing three sports or whatever will stick with you and help you progress.

People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everything you hear, there's a lot of different directions you'd be leaning.

I like that I've been able to maintain a good stomach and chest. Push-ups and sit-ups are my go-to. It is the simplest routine and the best thing to maintain my stomach and chest. I'll do about 100 of each a day, usually when I'm already warmed up.

It's strictly winning that is going to bring back the fan market.

If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.

I play 'MLB 2K,' 'Madden,' and some old-school 'Mario Kart.'