Quotes from Trea Turner

Any time a coach pushes you to do something that you think is a little crazy, I think that's them believing in you that you can do it.

You want to travel in a good mood; you don't want to be mad about a loss.

I don't want to be a slap hitter, but be a dangerous hitter in the lineup and want people to come right at me.

I never wanted to be a slap hitter. It would hurt my pride if someone called me one. I wanted to be a guy who could do everything.

I think I can change small things to make me feel better each and every day.

You can't let somebody else kind of take your joy away from you.

When you're going good or bad, those balls that trickle through the hole or fall in between people, that mentally boosts how you feel, how you're playing.

If you're not ready mentally, it can hurt your team just as much physically.

For me, that's the difference in good hitters and bad hitters. If you can stay in the zone and make them throw you pitches, you'll be able to drive the ball a little bit better.

A lot of people that bully or whatever it may be, people that don't know you, classmates or a lot of stuff is from people who don't know who you are and what your values and morals are.

It's unbelievable how much talent there is among shortstops. They all bring something a little different to the table.

With my speed and my hard-hit-ball percentage, there's no reason I shouldn't hit .300.

I feel like I put a lot of effort into baseball. I get to the stadium a lot earlier than people think and we're there pretty late.

I have the speed. People said, 'Just hit the ball on the ground, slap the ball, just get on base.' But I wanted to be able to hit home runs. I wanted to be able to bunt, steal bases, play defense.

I really learned how to steal bases from my coaches my freshman year at NC State.

If the opportunity is there to steal a base, I try to steal it.

I don't really look at the catcher at all. I think you steal bases off the pitcher.

It's always special when you receive an award. Up here in the big leagues is special.

I was a lot smaller in high school, and guys were a lot bigger and faster than me. I stole some bases in high school, but it wasn't until my senior year that I started getting faster.

I don't care that much about stolen bases. So when I steal and a guy fouls a pitch off, for me it's not that frustrating.

My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday.

I never wanted to be a one-dimensional player.

That is what I always said as I don't want to be one-dimensional; I don't want to just hit homers or have to walk or bunt to get on base.

There's always going to be someone bigger, faster, stronger than anybody.