Miguel Cabrera

“When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?”

“If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.”

“You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.”

“To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.”

“I always like to play. I cannot sit down and see what's going to happen, because it's boring.”

“My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.”

“When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.”

“Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.”

“We have the great fans in Detroit. We've got a great ballpark, great stadium.”

“If I worry about what everybody is saying, there is going to be a lot on my mind. I don't want that.”

“We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.”

“I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.”

“When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.”

“You don't know how long you can play this game, so you keep playing it until they tell you to stop.”

“I want people to think of me as one of the game's greatest players.”

“First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.”

“I want to be a Tiger.”

“Days off always help. Even if people don't like it when they give you a day off, you've got to take a day off because sometimes you've got to clear your mind.”

“I'm just trying to play my best and have fun.”

“If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.”