Jose Altuve

“I've been 5-6 since I've been at least 17 or 18. I think somebody made a mistake on the measurements.”

“I don't like talking about myself.”

“In spring training, I just try to spread everything out so I can be 100 percent before the season starts. I don't want to start feeling like I don't get it once the season starts. I want to be 100 percent on Opening Day.”

“I literally love Justin Verlander.”

“I'm not a guy that shows a lot of emotion while I'm playing.”

“Maybe in another life, I wanna be Aaron Judge.”

“Sometimes you go to home plate, and you have an idea, like a clear idea, of what they're going to throw to you. I think that's all: getting better pitches to hit, realizing when you hit the ball better, what pitch you hit, if you're chasing too much. If you figure out all that, you can get a little better as a player.”

“I think all major league players dream of being named MVP.”

“I'm really happy to be a part of the Houston Astros organization. I just want to keep playing hard and help this team win games.”

“A lot of people tell me now I'm their inspiration. They say, 'I don't play baseball,' and then they mention whatever - engineer, doctor, college student, high school student - but they're hurt because, for some reason, people feel shame about themselves or embarrassed because they are short or skinny or fat or whatever.”

“I feel proud to be able to play every day. That's what makes me really happy.”

“I love playing baseball, and I always promised myself, if I had the chance, that I would work as hard as I could to be the best player I could possibly be.”

“As a 16-year-old, I was 5-foot-5 and maybe 145 pounds. It was hard to believe a guy like that was going to make it to the big leagues.”

“The city of Houston has treated me really good.”

“This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.”

“I've been putting 100% of work into defense like I do hitting because that way I can help my team more.”

“I'm pretty close to Miguel Cabrera. We are such different hitters, but at the same time, we're pretty close because we both like to hit the ball middle-away.”

“You're always going to believe in yourself, and I have to thank God for that, but it's pretty hard to believe that you can make it to the big leagues and that you can possibly get 200 hits three years in a row. I feel very proud.”

“I think most of the people like the kind of player like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. They're pretty tall, and they can do everything.”

“My dream was to win the World Series, and I know the fans' dream was to win the World Series as well. So we are on the same page, and I really enjoy my time in Houston.”