Quotes by Giancarlo Stanton - Page 1

I'm the man of a million names.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Men
He Man
Names
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Just got to keep moving. Progress.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Moving
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I don't want to come to an empty stadium.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Empty
Stadium
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I want to win, and I want to win in Miami.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Miami
Win Want
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I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Athlete
Pro Athlete
Pro
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I play to have fun. I play to win. I play for my teammates.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Teammates
Have Fun
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I play 'MLB 2K,' 'Madden,' and some old-school 'Mario Kart.'
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Mario
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It's strictly winning that is going to bring back the fan market.
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Strictly
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It can take years to earn respect, but it only takes one day to lose it.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Earn Respect
One Day
Years
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As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.
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Curl
Fold
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I could always hit the ball really far, but you don't need to be strong to do that.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Be Strong
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I don't need to go every day and re-evaluate, 'Am I living up to this? Or that or this?'
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Re-Evaluate
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I'm going to prepare up to the best of my ability, either way. I'll alter it as I need to.
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Alter
Prepare
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If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.
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Runner
Strike
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We don't just say this every spring training - 'Playoffs, World Series.' You've got to do it.
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Playoffs
Spring
Spring Training
World Series
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I'm trying to be the best baseball player I can, to learn from what I see and get better every day.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Baseball
Get Better
Player
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I just want the pants and shoes to match - it doesn't have to be a high-end brand for me to wear it.
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Pants
Brand
High-End
Match
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I don't want to get in trouble here, but the All-Star Game shouldn't count for anything. It should just be for fun.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
All-Star
All-Star Game
Count
Just Be
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I have only a relatively tiny gap of being at my best, in my prime. And I want to make a difference during that time.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Tiny
Gap
Make A Difference
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Training isn't fun for me. I do it because it's what my body needs, and I have a standard. It's a thing I make sure I do.
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Body Needs
Standard
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I can deal with losing as long as one is trying to win. If you're losing, and you're not trying to win, that is not fair.
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Not Fair
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They say in baseball, your little flaws will stick with you from the start. It's just how you can maintain and minimize them.
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Flaws
Your Start Will
Maintain
Minimize
Stick
They Say
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Everyone has the answer. Everyone has this. You just got to move slowly. You get good little bits of advice and go from there.
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Bits
Slowly
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It's not like my body has changed since I've played in high school, beyond being more mature. It's not like my power has changed, either.
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Changed
High School
Mature
Beyond
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I always tried to be Mark McGwire and hit homers like he did. I was kind of following his race, too, when he was trying to break the record.
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Following
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That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.
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Childhood Memories
Derby
Home Run
Memories
Return
Home Childhood Me
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I'm very comfortable here. I enjoy all aspects of it. This is a place I want to make a stamp and bring something that Miami hasn't seen before.
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Miami
Aspects
Stamp
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I like to connect with fans, usually positive stuff. If there is negative stuff, you just look past it and talk to the people that appreciate you.
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Connect
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You're not always happy with things that go on in life on a daily basis. There's nothing I can do. You've got to deal with it and still take care of myself.
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Happy
Care
Take Care
Life Myself Always
Basis
Deal
Daily
Daily Basis
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I recommend multiple sports for sure. The memories I have bouncing around for each sport, having to juggle some in the same day, it's tough; it's difficult.
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Memories
Multiple
Bouncing
Juggle
Recommend
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You have to be confident, but there are no easy at bats. There are no lay ups; there is no wide open pass. There is a guy on the mound who is trying to feed his family.
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Bats
Guy
Trying
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The game is nine innings. It's not two, three. It doesn't matter if it's the fifth through the seventh or the seventh through the ninth. It's not two innings - it's nine.
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Fifth
Nine
Innings
Seventh
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People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everything you hear, there's a lot of different directions you'd be leaning.
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Different Directions
Proportion
Directions
Leaning
Stir
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I'm not going to change the way I work out in the offseason and prepare. I'm not going to change the way I approach the game. I'm not going to change the way I play every day.
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Work Out
Prepare
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Living in fear or judgement is not how I will spend my life. Realizing that this life is all I get and your life is all you get, brings a need to make the best of all possible.
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Judgement
Needs
Realizing
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High school is what kind of grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I'll take with me the rest of my life.
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Good
Good And Bad
Great Memories
Grows
High School
Memories
School
Person
Life Learning Great
Life Good Learning
Me
Bad
Take
High
Experiences
Rest
My Life
Some
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Why would you give me so much money and not try to win? What on earth is the point of that? They have to be serious about winning going forward. There's no other logical explanation.
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Explanation
Give Me
Logical
So Much Money
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Yeah, I'm financially good for the rest of my life - great. But I'm not trying to come here, get my butt kicked for 10 years, and go home to a lavish lifestyle. That's not fun for me.
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Lifestyle
Life Good Home
Butt
Financially
Go Home
Lavish
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I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple sports helped tremendously in my baseball career. I have the agility of all three combined into one.
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Agility
Downtime
Multiple
Combined
Tremendously
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The one thing I didn't understand was the Minor Leagues, how that part of the business works. I'd see Todd Hollandsworth out there one game, and the next game he wouldn't be there, and I didn't understand.
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Leagues
Minor
The One Thing
Todd
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I hate striking out, but at the same time, I'm much better at letting them go rather than, earlier in my career, worrying about it so much before the next at-bat against the guy. You grow as you play, and every year, I work to cut them down.
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Time Work Better
Earlier
Letting
Striking
Worrying
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I thought it'd be different. Kind of like, a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders, as I don't have to worry about finances for the rest of my life, or my family's. But it wasn't like that. It was more - there's things I need to get done.
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Life Family My Life
Life Family Done
Be Different
Different Kind
Finances
Lifted
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You want to stick with one sport and master one thing and be good, yeah, you might be able to go to more combines, but the life experiences and athleticism you get from playing three sports or whatever will stick with you and help you progress.
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Life Good Sports
Master
Life Experiences
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I like that I've been able to maintain a good stomach and chest. Push-ups and sit-ups are my go-to. It is the simplest routine and the best thing to maintain my stomach and chest. I'll do about 100 of each a day, usually when I'm already warmed up.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Push Ups
Routine
Simplest
Stomach
Best Good Day
Chest
Maintain
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There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're getting paid to play a game. People want to be you, wish they could do what you do. There are some complaints here and there, but there really aren't any significant ones.
Giancarlo Stanton / Baseball Player
Baseball Player
Complaints
Major League
Major League Baseball
Significant
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