Quotes by Billy Butler - Page 1

I'm not here to be mediocre.
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Mediocre
Here
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I definitely enjoy my barbecue.
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Barbecue
Enjoy
Definitely
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Winning is definitely contagious.
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Contagious
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My track record speaks for itself.
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Track
Track Record
Record
Speaks
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K.C. and the Bay Area are opposites.
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Bay Area
Opposites
Bay
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You always expect to hit for more power.
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More Power
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You can't really explain why things happen.
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Things Happen
Explain
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I have been an everyday player my whole career.
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Everyday
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I wasn't going to be drafted to steal bases at 18.
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Bases
Drafted
Steal
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Kansas City is just a great place. I love the fans.
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Love Great City
Great Place
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Even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference.
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Huge
Smallest
Make
Difference
Even
Gesture
Huge Difference
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I want to be a guy the Royals build their team around.
Billy Butler /
Royals
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When the game starts, you don't really look at uniforms.
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Uniforms
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You get a new year, you get a new start, you get a new opportunity.
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New Year
Opportunity
Start
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If I could be half of what Mike Sweeney was, I'll be happy with it.
Billy Butler /
If I Could
Mike
Be Happy
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You're only as good as what you've been. You can't rely on the past.
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Rely
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I'll always be forever tied to the Royals organization and the community there.
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Tied
Royals
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I want the pitcher to know he can't take a pitch off, or I'm going to damage him.
Billy Butler /
Damage
Pitcher
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It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.
Billy Butler /
Time Long Long Time
Belong
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I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.
Billy Butler /
Right Way
Game Way Trying
Lead By Example
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That - 2012 - was definitely my best year, and sometimes it's hard to replicate that.
Billy Butler /
Replicate
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I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.
Billy Butler /
Proven
Track Record
Big Leagues
Leagues
Proven Track Record
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Once you have come-from-behind wins, you have confidence as a team that you're going to do it.
Billy Butler /
Wins
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The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.
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Compliment
Pitcher
Hitter
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That's the thing about pinch-hitting - you usually have a chance to make a difference in the game.
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Make A Difference
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You have to work hard each day and try to figure out what's going on and try to get better each day.
Billy Butler /
Each Day
Work Better Day
Work Day Better
Work Hard
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You see certain guys enough, and you recognize pitches and stuff. Some guys you see better than others.
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Pitches
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I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to just be mediocre.
Billy Butler /
Competitiveness
Mediocre
Always Me Try
Me Always Try
Just Be
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My nickname is 100 percent fan-based. It's not like one day I said, 'Hey, I want to be named Country Breakfast.'
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Breakfast
Hey
Named
Day Country One Day
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The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.
Billy Butler /
Hitting
Home Runs
Runs
Stadium
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Being a major-league baseball player is tough, so whenever you say 'face of the franchise,' I'm not trying to be that.
Billy Butler /
Baseball Player
Franchise
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I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.
Billy Butler /
Catching
Consistently
Holes
Breaks
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I hit balls hard on the ground, and sometimes they are double plays. Other times, you hit it hard, and it's right through a hole.
Billy Butler /
Double
Hole
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When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really good slider or a really good fastball.
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Best Good Know
Fastball
Slider
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If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.
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Motivate
Vital
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The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.
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Conditioning
Doubles
Home Runs
Runs
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There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.
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Developing
Grind
Time Always Your
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We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?'
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Dad
Association
Florida
Hey
Orange
Said
Wanna
Try
Local
Looked
Maybe
Park
Sign
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When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.
Billy Butler /
Needed
Work Dad Me
Anymore
Anything Else
Cage
Pushed
Throw
Turned
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