Quotes from Buster Posey

Hopefully I'm somebody the guys can look at and say, 'He goes about things the right way.'

I know that for myself, when I make a decision to partner up with somebody, it's something I put a lot of thought into before I do it. This is a big reason why you have agents to represent you, so they can help filter through the different options you have off the field in terms of partnerships.

I enjoy batting practice before the games.

I always go back to when I was a kid and thinking about playing in the big leagues, so now that I've played in a thousand games, it's a cool accomplishment.

I was happy to be drafted. I was happy to be playing professional baseball. And I was happy to be in the big leagues.

The older I've gotten and the more I've played, I realize there is a time for emotion, but you have to pick and choose those times.

I really didn't have a favorite Major League catcher in college, but I would watch a lot of games. If one was on, I'd try to pick up little things from whomever was catching at that time.

That's still hard for me to believe that I've been on a team that has won three championships.

My dad was probably the first to tell me - I remember pitching when I was 7 or 8, and he told me he didn't want the other team to know whether I was having a great game or a bad game. And that's something that always stuck with me.

I'm not saying this in an egotistical way, but I think there's value in having a good hitter behind the plate and being able to put a bat at first base as well.

If you can put a guy behind the plate that can hit in the middle of the order, it's just obviously gonna lengthen your lineup so much.

My passion is definitely to be behind the plate for as long as I can.

The way that I was taught to play baseball, and to me the way baseball has always been, is... Look, we play 162 games. It's a grinding, hard-nosed game. And even when I was a kid it was about not showing up your opponent. It was about playing the game with class. But, obviously I think you should have fun doing it.

I'm really into playing games on my phone.

Well, anytime you're compared to Derek Jeter, it's the ultimate compliment.

I don't know if the goal is necessarily to hit the ball in the air; I think when my swing is right it just happens on its own.

Votto's a guy I love to watch. I think the numbers will tell you that he's the best in the game at swinging at strikes. By doing that, he gets himself in a lot of good counts.

I'm just trying to go about my business each day and keep a consistent approach and try to win ballgames.

I think there's a correlation between mechanically being in the right place and the body moving the correct way to more balls being in the air, whether it's line drives or fly balls.

It's an honor to be selected to the All-Star Game. It's not something I take for granted.

As much as I think the sports world loves to try to predict everything, there are still some parts of it that can't be predicted.

If you had told me when I was a kid that I'd have 100 home runs in the Major Leagues one day, it'd probably put a pretty good smile on my face.

The reason you play the game is to help the team win.

I'm ready to play, and hopefully I'm a guy people can come up to and bounce stuff off of - really, be the best teammate I can be.