A biography for Anthony Rendonhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm going to play as long as I can, but my identity is not in this game.”
“I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.”
“I think my injuries only make me stronger as a person.”
“If this game is taken away from me at any time, I'd be fine going back to the house and living a happy life. If that happens, it happens.”
“That's what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I'm lackadaisical out there, like I'm not really paying attention. If I'm always tense, I'm going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.”
“You're not going to win a division, you're not going to win personal stats, titles, whatever, in the first month of the season.”
“I always feel happy for my teammates, but I'm not going to be the one at the top of the dugout yelling.”
“I've been blessed with great hand-eye coordination.”
“Sometimes you're not the healthiest, sometimes you're not gonna have the best years, sometimes you're gonna be great.”
“Stay inside the ball, put the barrel on it, and swing hard.”
“I try to think shorter swing with two strikes. That's how I was raised and taught the game of baseball.”
“I dropped out of school.”
“They always say baseball is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical, whatever that saying is. I don't even think I know it. But this game is already a game of failure. Going into it not feeling good, battling whatever injuries, tests you even more.”
“Greatness comes to those who wait.”
“I just want to be in the lineup. If I'm on that lineup card I'm happy.”
“The word tells us that trials will come ahead and we'll be ridiculed more for our faith. So if you're going to go in as a believer thinking that everything is going to be smooth, you're probably not in the right mind-set. It's going to be tough at times, and has been for me personally.”
“This game doesn't define who I am as a person.”
“Point-blank, I don't want to raise a family in baseball. Maybe I just want to be normal.”
“I care about my future, of course, but whatever happens, happens.”
“People treat us and they put us on this pedestal like we're so much better human beings than them because we play a professional sport.”