Buster Posey

“Any time your child is sick, if it's a cold or if they get a scratch or whatever it is, it's hard.”

“My parents set high standards. It wasn't okay if you got a B.”

“I enjoy batting practice before the games.”

“I'm just trying to go about my business each day and keep a consistent approach and try to win ballgames.”

“From my experience, playing on some really good teams in the past, that's No. 1, to pitch well and play defense.”

“I used to be able to just walk into a gym cold and jump on the squat rack. But those days are gone.”

“It's an honor to be selected to the All-Star Game. It's not something I take for granted.”

“I haven't done it much, but listening to other people who have DH'ed, it's important to try to mentally watch the game and stay involved in the game as much as you can. Stay loose and find a place you could do a few sprints, so you're not going out there cold.”

“Growing up in Georgia, my mom made me go to bed before the Giants games were on. There wasn't an MLB Network. We didn't have that many channels. I really could only watch the Braves.”

“I think anytime you can slow things down in a big situation, it's an advantage.”

“The goal is to try to just get better each day.”

“Any time you go through a stretch where you don't hit a homer for a while, it's just natural to start to think about it.”

“I can go to cities and go to restaurants or the movies and occasionally I'll get recognized - but not for the most part.”

“I think a lot of the new age thinking, if you want to call it that, analytics, you have to be open to it.”

“I was happy to be drafted. I was happy to be playing professional baseball. And I was happy to be in the big leagues.”

“My passion is definitely to be behind the plate for as long as I can.”

“I like baseball. I think that's the main thing. I enjoy playing the game.”

“As a competitor, you don't want to use anything as an excuse. No matter how your body's doing or how you're feeling mentally, you should be able to find a way to get the job done.”

“If you had told me when I was a kid that I'd have 100 home runs in the Major Leagues one day, it'd probably put a pretty good smile on my face.”

“To me, that's a huge part of hitting - trying to keep things as simple as possible.”