John Kruk

“When I first came in the league, I thought Jack Clark and Steve Garvey were big. Then all of sudden it seemed like everyone was that big.”

“Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.”

“I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me... Every year I played in the big leagues, the day the season ended, I called my buddies in West Virginia and said, 'I'll be home tomorrow.'”

“I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.”

“If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.”

“On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?'”

“People in West Virginia do have cars. We have indoor plumbing. We even use knives and forks.”