A biography for Giancarlo Stantonhasn’t been written yet.
“As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.”
“You can't change the past with a couple good months.”
“The one thing I didn't understand was the Minor Leagues, how that part of the business works. I'd see Todd Hollandsworth out there one game, and the next game he wouldn't be there, and I didn't understand.”
“I know I have a lot of expectations to live up to, which I need to do and am willing to do.”
“I'm going to prepare up to the best of my ability, either way. I'll alter it as I need to.”
“High school is what kind of grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I'll take with me the rest of my life.”
“The game is nine innings. It's not two, three. It doesn't matter if it's the fifth through the seventh or the seventh through the ninth. It's not two innings - it's nine.”
“I play to have fun. I play to win. I play for my teammates.”
“I play 'MLB 2K,' 'Madden,' and some old-school 'Mario Kart.'”
“I hate striking out, but at the same time, I'm much better at letting them go rather than, earlier in my career, worrying about it so much before the next at-bat against the guy. You grow as you play, and every year, I work to cut them down.”