Quotes About Skill

I created a little thing with my hands, just to create a more consistent plane to backspin balls, and obviously growing into your body helps. It's kind of complicated, more about starting the barrel flat and then creating a movement - flat to up, I guess - going towards the pitcher.

Messi is from another planet.

I'm not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.

You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.

I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.

I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope.

I have scored many goals with my head, ever since my time with River Plate in Argentina and then after at Porto and Atletico Madrid.

Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

I can play the air guitar really, really well.

I just play drums, mate.

If I didn't play baseball, I probably wouldn't play a sport because i'm not really that athletic. Baseball was the one sport I could nerd my way to the top.

I don't think nobody's doubting I can play basketball.

When you think about basketball, and you watch someone like Michael Jordan play basketball - even if you're a baseball player, there's still a lot to learn from there.

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

It's second nature. You just get out there and play basketball.

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.

For me to be able to play football was a gift.

I know what I do, I know I can play football, and I know I can talk about it.

All I can do is play football, put it on film.

There are some who when they play football they carry the ball ta-ta-ta, but they are jugglers not footballers. The less you have the ball at your feet the better.

With the ball I can run 37kmh but I've never been timed without it because my job is to play football. I'm not an athlete.