Quotes About Effort

My job is to help the team win games to the best of my ability.

You want to go out there and compete and go deep in ball games to help the team win.

It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.

I'm really happy to be a part of the Houston Astros organization. I just want to keep playing hard and help this team win games.

I don't play for the attention; I work on my skills every day so I can go out and play my role to the fullest to help the team win. That's my No. 1 goal when I step on the court.

I'm just trying to go out and do what I can to help the team win.

I'm up here to help the team win every at-bat, offense, defense, baserunning.

I mean, I want to play, to be able to put up numbers to help my team win. Whatever I've got to do to do that, I'm cool with it.

You always want to give yourself an edge, want to help your team win. That's pretty much going to preparation.

I think I can come in the game, bring a lot of energy on both sides of the ball. Just try to play my part and do anything to help the team win.

Whether I'm shooting the ball, playing defense, anything I can do to help the team win, that's what I try to do to the best of my abilities.

I'm going to try to give everything I've got, and hopefully whatever I got is good enough to help my team win.

I come in, I work hard, I do everything I can to help the team win and wherever the chips fall they fall.

I am eager to continue to put in the work to improve and be the best teammate I can.

In the playoffs, it's not going to be pretty. There's going to be some games where you don't score. But are you going to take a charge for a teammate?

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.

As a competitor, you want to be out there. It's always tough to watch others play and know you've put in the time, you've put in work. But at the same time, you have to support them. You're a teammate, and you have to be the best teammate you can be and go out and continue to better, and hopefully you get an opportunity.

That's always the No. 1 goal, just be a good teammate and work hard.

Everyone is expecting something in each game I'm playing. I don't have to score in every game, but I want to do my best. I want to give everything for the club, for my teammates, and myself also.

You just go out there and try to compete and try to make a play for your teammates.

I don't know why you play a team sport and not be concerned about making your teammates better and helping your team win games. That's the only thing that really matters, and if you're the best player, surely you're going to have some effect on the game's outcome.

You'll make mistakes, but if you make mistakes by trying to do the right things, then they're mistakes that most coaches and most teammates can accept.

I want to help my teammates, even if I'm a striker, because it's important to win back possession. But scoring is something incomparable.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.