Quotes About Achievement

I'm not a bunt guy, I'm a home run guy.

You don't hope to go up and hit a single. You go up and hope to hit a home run.

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.

I mean the home run king, to me, is Hank Aaron, but statistically, it's Barry Bonds.

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.

I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

Obviously, being a first baseman, you're kind of expected to hit some home runs. Obviously, that goes into your head; it gets into my head a little bit.

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

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.

If that had been my only purpose in life - to call home runs and touchdowns - I'd lead a pretty shallow life.

If I was just a guy who hit 24 home runs and drove in 100, I wouldn't be a special player.

Before I was making music, I was homeless. I didn't have all the girls or any friends - and now I have everything that I wanted.

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.

I told myself when I was broke and homeless that my biggest goal was just to have a house. That goal was achieved. I'm just really, really lucky.

I've always wanted to throw a first pitch out, and nothing like doing it near your hometown where you live.

I've always wanted to win in my hometown.

I thought about the problems I had growing up: how I prioritised football over school, but people were telling me I wouldn't make it, that it wasn't possible. The thing is, I did make it, thanks to my own will and determination and the help of some people I had around me in my hometown.

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

To win in my hometown is just a whole 'nother level.

As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys from your city are right there beside you.

I have to do my homework, be fast and consistent. In that case I have always beaten my team-mates.