A biography for Giancarlo Stantonhasn’t been written yet.
“I always tried to be Mark McGwire and hit homers like he did. I was kind of following his race, too, when he was trying to break the record.”
“I could always hit the ball really far, but you don't need to be strong to do that.”
“We don't just say this every spring training - 'Playoffs, World Series.' You've got to do it.”
“I don't need to go every day and re-evaluate, 'Am I living up to this? Or that or this?'”
“I like that I've been able to maintain a good stomach and chest. Push-ups and sit-ups are my go-to. It is the simplest routine and the best thing to maintain my stomach and chest. I'll do about 100 of each a day, usually when I'm already warmed up.”
“Just got to keep moving. Progress.”
“I want to have records on the field and do things on the field. That's what this is about.”
“They say in baseball, your little flaws will stick with you from the start. It's just how you can maintain and minimize them.”
“I'm very comfortable here. I enjoy all aspects of it. This is a place I want to make a stamp and bring something that Miami hasn't seen before.”
“You're not always happy with things that go on in life on a daily basis. There's nothing I can do. You've got to deal with it and still take care of myself.”
“It's never fun to sit and watch, especially when you think you could be impacting the game.”
“Everyone has the answer. Everyone has this. You just got to move slowly. You get good little bits of advice and go from there.”
“That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.”
“I recommend multiple sports for sure. The memories I have bouncing around for each sport, having to juggle some in the same day, it's tough; it's difficult.”
“I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.”
“I can deal with losing as long as one is trying to win. If you're losing, and you're not trying to win, that is not fair.”
“People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everything you hear, there's a lot of different directions you'd be leaning.”
“I don't want to come to an empty stadium.”
“If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.”
“I have only a relatively tiny gap of being at my best, in my prime. And I want to make a difference during that time.”