Quotes from Mookie Betts

In order to be great you have to continue to put in the work.

It's kind of tough as you're playing you kind of wonder what is going to happen to you as you go through arbitration or as you go through free agency.

Just because you go to free agency doesn't mean you don't want to be somewhere. It's just a part of the business.

I just try to do whatever I can to win the game.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

R.B.I.' is such a playable game. You can pick the game up and play right away without a crazy long learning curve, and that's important for the casual fan and gamer.

I grew up in bowling alleys.

I was born into wearing hats - it's a family thing - and I wear hats all the time.

Having fun is definitely how you're going to keep yourself loose, and be at your best.

You never want to lose a strength, but I've also got to try and be a complete hitter.

I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.

I don't hit home runs in BP.

I don't care about the home runs as much as just being consistent and RBIs.

I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.

There wasn't a favorite team or player in the Betts household. I played baseball, day in, day out, and learned the game my own way alongside my parents - Willie and Diana.

I've been playing golf for a little while and I can't get over the 85 hump. It doesn't matter how good or bad I shoot on one side, I'm going to end up around 85.

I think the most important thing is that World Series.

Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some of the reasons kids would always say they want to grow up to be just like Derek Jeter.

My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.

We play to win the World Series, and that's our goal.

Every year you go in and you obviously want to win a World Series, at least make the playoffs.

I think when you're stressing, or worried about your performance, worrying about this and worrying about that, that's when things start to get tough and you're not enjoying it anymore and it becomes a job. Although it is our job to play, still you have to understand that it's a game and you have to enjoy it.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

I care about runs scored and RBIs. Those are the most important things for me.