Quotes from Joey Votto

When you are raised in a restaurant you really don't want to go to one that often, I'd rather cook.

It almost sounds ridiculous - but I almost feel like I've re-learned to hit.

I just do my best to put the ball in play and put it in play where no one's going to make a play on it and hopefully drive some runners in.

Some say I'm selfish. My approach is the complete opposite of selfishness.

I look forward to batting practice. I look forward to practice work.

I follow basketball. That was always one of my passions and enjoyed watching it. I appreciate how athletically gifted those guys are. Just never got into hockey.

My favorite ability in a player is the combination of aggressiveness and patience.

Each and every day, I think about the importance of earning my paycheck and playing well.

I don't perceive a lot of the things that a lot of people perceive as negative as a negative - and the inverse, I don't think a lot of the things people think are positive are positive, necessarily.

Almost all the great players I admire performed well deep into their 30s and their 40s, almost all of them, and I don't think I'm any different.

Some players just have the natural stroke that you throw them in the lineup and all of the sudden they turn on a ball and hit it out of the ballpark.

I'm fine at basketball. I can ride the pine with the best of them.

I used to be a big fan of the NBA until Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors.

I come into camp every year with the hope and expectation of playing every game I'm available, every game that is available to me.

I wasn't raised inside of Canadian baseball really.

I didn't know if it was possible, but I wanted to some day be the highest paid Canadian player.

I would not be where I am now without the efforts of so many Canadian baseball people and the fans of Canadian baseball.

The people in Cincinnati have gotten to know me.

Baseball was my refuge. When I came on the field, I did my job, and did the best I could and focused on that. Then I went home and I was miserable. That was pretty much my routine every day.?

There's nothing more fun than standing at the plate and hitting the ball really hard, see the ball go over the fence. It's really a satisfying feeling. It always makes you feel like you're doing your job.

I know that one day I won't be good enough to play baseball anymore. But as long as I have an opportunity to, I want to keep fighting.

He would watch every single Reds game. He was the first one to teach me how to play baseball. I played catch with him on a daily basis when I was really young. He was a big fan. He was just in love with what I did and me. He was a great father to me.

Great players have bad years.

I love competing against the best and I take a lot of pride in it.