Mookie Betts

“You don't get to where you are by just sitting on your butt and expecting it to come.”

“Fastball middle-middle. You can't miss that pitch.”

“I don't want to try and be something I'm not.”

“I try and affect the game in every way.”

“I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.”

“The more Opening Days the better. It never gets old. It's one of those things where as it comes you embrace it, get ready, you still get those butterflies, which means you care.”

“There wasn't a favorite team or player in the Betts household. I played baseball, day in, day out, and learned the game my own way alongside my parents - Willie and Diana.”

“Orange is the New Black' - oh my gosh. That is a great TV show.”

“I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I just do what I do and have fun.”

“I'm constantly trying to become the best. That's kind of how I'm driven. Sometimes I'm not. I kind of focus on when I'm not than when I am. That's probably something I need to switch.”

“I grew up in bowling alleys.”

“Just to be able to put on the uniform in general is a blessing, and when it says Red Sox on it, it makes it that much better.”

“I always listen to music.”

“You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.”

“You weigh your pros and cons and what's real. You want to play baseball? Yeah. You want to go to school? If that's the best option, than that is what it is.”

“I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.”

“I have no idea what it is about bowling. It's just a love I have for it. I can't even explain why. Bowling is just fun for me.”

“I don't hit home runs in BP.”

“Not every year is going to be the same and you just kind of have to just roll with the punches.”

“I've been bowling for so long, and I really, really enjoy it.”