A biography for Christian Yelichhasn’t been written yet.
“I either do really well in spring training, or I suck. I either hit .350 or .150.”
“It's one thing to make the big leagues, but it's another thing to make it to an all-star game.”
“It's always nice to be honored among your peers.”
“I take things in stride, go with the flow.”
“Miami will always be special to me.”
“I had a lot of friends, family friends, that had season tickets, and we'd all go when we were little kids. And you'd go after you played your own baseball game and change out of your uniform in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium to go put on street clothes and go watch the game.”
“No one was like, 'Here's how you swing.' It was just like, 'Let's go hit and figure it out along the way.' I always kind of figured it out.”
“Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.”
“I've definitely been to my fair share of Dodger games growing up. Didn't grow up too far from the stadium. That's where I first learned, first watched major-league baseball.”
“I don't like to guess. Just react. Some guys are guess hitters. I just could never do it. If you guess and guess wrong, you have no shot of hitting anything else.”
“I think expectations are a good thing. As a player, you should embrace them and not shy away from them.”
“You only have such a short time to play baseball in your career. Whether you play for five years or 15 years, it's a short time in your life, and I think everybody wants to win.”
“Sometimes you need to find ways to win games in different ways.”
“I'm just excited for the fresh start and the new opportunity and to be a part of the Brewers.”
“One game at a time - just win one game at a time.”
“You realize it's a business and that teams are going to do what's best for them. That's how it is. That's what we sign up for as a Major League Baseball player.”
“Obviously, you want to bring as much attention to the game as possible and grow baseball as much as you can. It's important. It comes with the responsibility that being a league M.V.P. comes with.”
“I never talked about launch angle, never mentioned launch angle. I know there's a lot of people probably hoping that I would say that because that's just the trend in baseball.”
“Being a baseball player is most important, first and foremost. Obviously, there are other obligations that come with everything. You just need to balance it and take it in stride, but at the same time, be mindful of your time and prioritize everything and what is most beneficial.”
“I've got two younger brothers.”