Matt Kemp

“There's nothing like Opening Day in Dodger Stadium. You can't really describe it.”

“I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.”

“I never got used to getting hurt and watching games on the bench. So, it's a little frustrating for me to sit there and watch my guys go out there and play every day.”

“If you do a full-on workout and then eat McDonald's or Wendy's, you're defeating the purpose. If you put good things into your body while working out, you'll see results.”

“L.A. kinda raised me a little bit as a 21-year-old kid from Oklahoma.”

“I'm just going to live my life the way I want to.”

“We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.”

“I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.”

“People make up things. If you ask the guys in this clubhouse I played with, I've never been a troublemaker. I don't know where that came from.”

“I don't make excuses if I play bad. I just try to find a way to deal with it. I learned that from my family, to deal with your problems and still be good at what you do.”

“I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.”

“When I spend money on myself, it's almost always on shoes and clothes. I'm addicted to shoes. I always have been, since I was a kid. When I was young, I could never get the shoes I really wanted.”

“Frank McCourt is a great guy.”

“In Hollywood, for me, it's all about the movie stars and the singers. Baseball players don't draw too much attention; we're low key. I'm good with faces and sometimes bad with names, but I'll walk up to somebody if I know who they are... show them some love.”

“I've always liked shoes. I peep everybody's shoes out to see what they're rocking.”

“Somebody had asked me how it was to be in Atlanta, and I said that Atlanta had always been known as a Braves city, a baseball town.”

“More money gives me the chance to help more people, to give something back.”

“I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees, and if they do bounce back, it takes a while.”

“I love looking and seeing what kind of shoes women wear. I think that tells me if a person knows what they're doing. To me, shoes are... If I like your shoes, and you're pretty, that's a good quality. As well as being confident.”

“A lot of people out there get hounded about things that are going on in their lives. You just find ways to handle it and go on about your business.”