Quotes from Trea Turner

I want every player to get as much money as possible, just for the health of the game - if players are getting paid, then the game's healthy and people are showing up and watching.

The offseason's a big deal for everyone.

There are so many categories you can pick whatever you like to show who's best.

I'm not a good gift-giver, other than the fact that I like surprising people. I usually give what people ask for but I try to make it seem like I'm not buying it.

I've hit 1, 2 and surprisingly I've hit 3 most of my life. Not that I'm going to be hitting 3, but I feel like those are three really different positions in the lineup. And I feel like I've done all of them. I know what's expected at each one of those, and I feel like you can take that experience away.

You have to play defense for the pitchers.

I watched a little bit of Altuve - how he hits, the pitches that he hits.

I'm not planning on doing anything other than trying to be as best I can.

I just want to play baseball, basically.

For me, I take a lot of pride in that, and we take a lot of pride in that, being able to play baseball.

Some of the biggest compliments you can get are from people who have played the game at the highest level.

It's an honor to get compliments from anybody associated with baseball.

Sometimes I chase, but I'd rather swing at a close pitch than take it for strike three.

I know I have a good swing. It's a matter of repeating it.

I've always told everybody that hits behind me, swing at whatever you want because if you hit the ball in the gap, I'll score.

I know as an athlete I want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. I think I can do that, and I want to do that.

I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.

No matter how you use it or what context you are using it in, words hurt.

I appreciate when a guy goes out there and makes a great play or runs the bases correctly.

I like doing nothing. I like sitting on the couch.

Every debut is good, I would like to say. You can't necessarily have a bad debut, no matter how you play, results, whatever.

I'll pinch-run all day, I'll play defense all day, it doesn't matter to me.

It's a team game.

I think stolen bases are always a byproduct of doing other things well. Getting on base - you've got to get on base a lot, obviously. And you've got to be in the right position and your teammates have got to help you out a little bit sometimes.