Quotes from Manny Machado

Yonder showed me the ropes about life, showed me the ropes about baseball life; he showed me a lot that I couldn't have learned by myself.

A rumor is just a rumor.

I've played third base for a couple years. I did well, and I thought I was an elite player at that position, but at the end of the day, I've been a shortstop my entire life.

Baltimore will always have a piece of my heart.

I know I can be a way better player as a shortstop than I can at third.

I've been doing this since I was a kid. I'm always going to play the game with a smile on my face, blowing bubbles, sunflower seeds, whatever it is. That's just who I am.

Try to be on every pitch, try to be in the moment, and try to think every ball's going to come at you, no matter if it's not, but trying to get that mindset going.

I go from my room to the ballpark and play baseball. I try to keep it simple.

Obviously, we need to stand in front of a camera and answer questions, but ultimately, I just play baseball. That's what I'm good at; that's what I know.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

Do I want to play for a contending team? Yeah. Do I want to go to the playoffs? Yeah. Do I want to win a ring? Of course I do.

I have to switch my own mentality into a winning mode, not playing for myself or trying to be selfish.

I can't tell you how much it means for the Dodgers' front office, who were already winning without me, to bring me over to help win a championship. Hopefully, I can help deliver that.

I'm not the type of player that's going to be Johnny Hustle and run down the line and slide to first base. That's just not my personality. That's not my cup of tea. That's not who I am.

It's been humbling to have multiple teams interested in me and have people talking about my free agency and what I should do.

Tempers flare at times. That's what good teams do: they react to things and go out there and leave it all on the field.

Going over to L.A., L.A. giving up a lot of prospects for me, that kind of shows you what I meant to them, which is amazing.

I can't control what people think of me. I can't control any of that. I can only control what I do on the field.

I always will be the villain, no matter what. I don't know why.

I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

Just go out there and play every day. Every day is a new day. Every day is the same day. You've got to just be ready to play.

Hitting is hard, and even when you work to improve, you can still struggle.

I'm playing in the World Series. Can't get any better than this.