Anthony Rendon

“I just happen to know how to hit a baseball and throw a baseball. But I probably couldn't go into somebody else's job and be as good as they are but no one's praising them about it.”

“Well, this game is not easy. There are 29 other teams, and less than 1% of the world is playing at the highest level, all supposed to be here.”

“I want to be known as a Christian baseball player and I'm still trying to grow into that. But in the end, I want to be more Christian than baseball player.”

“It's easier to go outside and play basketball. You can shoot around by yourself. Play pick-up. Whereas with baseball, no one likes putting a ball on a tee, hitting it, chasing it and putting it back on a tee. You need more than a few guys. So I was always in the neighborhood playing basketball with my friends.”

“I'm a great listener.”

“Baseball is what I always wanted to do with my life.”

“I don't like seeking all the attention. When you start doing stuff like that, it gets into your head, you are not being yourself.”

“I just try to make the pitcher work.”

“Sometimes offense wins. Sometimes pitching wins.”

“If we can, like, be in the backyard playing baseball, I'd be the happiest kid in the world.”

“You just can't label one player as an MVP. There are nine guys on the field.”

“You know you're going to have 162 games. You're going to have six months to play this game and playing every day is going to be a grind.”

“I probably tweet one or two things a year. Some guys use it for publicity... I'm not going to put myself out there.”

“I'm competitive and I don't want to get out, but it's not the end of the world.”

“I have my faith in God. I was told to be humble before him. Don't boast about what you have done. Don't put credit in your own hands. You have to realize He got you there.”

“Whether it's a speeding ticket or whatever it might be, some of us are trying to get an edge some way or another in life.”

“Everyone always says don't take your defense into hitting and don't take your hitting into defense. If you feel comfortable at one of the other, I think the other is going to feed off the other.”

“Obviously, I want to win, but at the same time, at the end of the day, it's a game and that's what I'm going to treat it as.”

“I've always been calm, as long as I can remember.”

“Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in your hometown, I don't think you could have planned that.”