Quotes About Attitude

I've always said, even batting leadoff, that I want to be a dangerous hitter.

I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

I'm not scared of it. I'm not shy of it or afraid of it. It's just funny to think of me as a three-hole hitter.

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.

For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that.

When things are tough in training camp; when things are tough in season; when it's good, you don't want guys hitting too high or too low or depressed. It's just draining for everybody.

It doesn't matter what you're hitting - if you're not living up to your own expectations, then it's hard to have fun.

When you're younger, you worry about the sack and getting abuse and things, but when you get to my age, you become less bothered about those things. It becomes more like a hobby and less like life or death.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

I don't hold any kind of grudges for anything, and you never know what will happen at anytime.

My team never let it go up in my head that I am a record holder.

If you're aiming for a hole in one, and you get one, you feel lucky - but at the same time you can justifiably say, 'Well, I was aiming for the hole anyway.'

What it feels like when you're playing good? I don't know. It feels the same as every other day. Just more putts are going in the hole.

When I see the ball going in the hole, I'm a completely different player.

I've had toiletries explode in my bag and go all over my clothes a few times but I wouldn't let something like that ruin a holiday for me.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

It's always nice to hit a home run, no matter if it's your first or your last. It's always fun, especially for me. I don't hit many.

In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I'd be able to do that. At the time, I didn't even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.

I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.

I'm a bit fashion bipolar. I either really go for it or people think I'm a homeless person.

I like to help kids, work with kids in detention homes. Don't tell a kid what's right and wrong. He knows what's right and wrong. Find out what his attitude and his aptitude are; try to help him where he wants to go.