Quotes from Nolan Arenado

I think free agency is something you earn.

I know I should thank God for what I have.

Listen, man: Playing in L.A. is my favorite place to play on the road. It's a lot of fun. It's just a great place.

I had a great time in Colorado. It just didn't work out.

I don't hold grudges. That's not really me.

I've been through it before, intense games in tight situations, but I'm able to just stay calm and do my thing.

When you're healthier you feel better. You get up in the morning feeling better. You go through the day with more confidence.

I'm trying to do my job at a high level and that's it. Everything else can take care of itself.

I'm working hard to get better for my teammates and fans.

I know that I can look back at my years in Colorado and know that I gave everything that I had. I have no regrets.

Whenever you're not getting hits, it turns to being about the result, and you've got to make sure it's always about the process.

I'm a line-drive hitter.

I want to be an impact hitter. I want to be a guy that's in the lineup and he's an impact. I want people to be like, 'Arenado's coming up.'

As hitters, if something's working, you don't change it.

I don't want to act like hitting homers isn't a great feeling, because it is.

Obviously, we can hit home runs, but there's more to hitting and there's more to winning than that.

Cuba is part of who I am. It is my family's homeland.

The experience factor has made a huge difference for me. Knowing who I am as a ballplayer. When you first start off, you don't really know who you are or what you need to do, and once I found out what I needed to accomplish and what made me feel good, that's when things started changing for the better.

I'd rather win a World Series than have my number retired.

Yadier was one of the first guys I ever asked for a bat to sign for me. I don't ask too many people for bats, and he was one of them.

When I signed in Colorado, I signed it with the intent of being there for the rest of my career. It wasn't meant to be.

I've been able to do some great things. I've gone to All-Star Games, I've won Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers - I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, really - and I've been fortunate financially.

It wasn't easy playing injured.

I'll never sit here and dog the Rockies - ever. I would never do that.