Giancarlo Stanton

“I'm a good beginning key.”

“If I'm ready to play, I want to play.”

“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.”

“It's strictly winning that is going to bring back the fan market.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Just worry about the work you're doing and the process of that.”

“I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I just want the pants and shoes to match - it doesn't have to be a high-end brand for me to wear it.”

“We've got to trust that we are all in it to win it.”

“I do what I love every day.”

“I want to win, and I want to win in Miami.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”