Quotes from Pablo Sandoval

I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.

Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.

It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.

I'm happy. I learned. I learned from my mistakes. But when you learn, you see all the results; you look more mature, and you put all the pieces together.

The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.

We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.

I just do my work, try to do everything I can. I don't weigh in all offseason. I just try to get better, be in better position, be an athlete.

I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.

I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.

I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.

What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.

I don't worry about numbers. I worry about wins. You can see all the years that my numbers went down and how many championships I've got. That's what I worry about.

Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.

I am not taking anything for granted.

I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.

I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

My career had fallen into an abyss because I was so complacent with things that I had already accomplished. I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.

I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.

When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.

If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.