Quotes from Asdrubal Cabrera

Scouts always think they're right. They're not right all the time. They don't even know how hard it is. Most of those scouts never played baseball.

When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.

That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.

I like it, but I think second base is too boring.

They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.

I got Neil Walker now as my new second baseman. He's great. He looks comfortable there. He knows what he's doing. That's the second baseman you want to play with.

A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.

It's hard to come back and play when you've gone through surgery.

I'm a baseball player who likes to enjoy himself and leave everything to God. He knows what'll happen.

When you make the playoffs, it's like you've done your job for the team. I've got that moment in my mind all the time, and I want to be there again.

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.

I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

I try to do my best every game to help the pitchers and help my team win. That's it.

I'm going to do my best to help the team play hard and help the team win... I'm just coming to play baseball.

I try to be a good teammate.

With my experience, I think I've earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.

Only facing right-handers and not left-handers is hard for me.

It makes you feel good that another team wants you, but I play with my heart.

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

I don't spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to Florida, take my son to Disney World. But I still have my home, and my whole family lives in Venezuela.

I thank those people that thought I had lost the agility to play shortstop, because they gave me more motivation.

You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.

It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.