A biography for Nolan Arenadohasn’t been written yet.
“When you're healthier you feel better. You get up in the morning feeling better. You go through the day with more confidence.”
“Being able to slow the game down, see the ball, let it get deep - those are the different things I'm working on, and I feel like they're helping me.”
“I want to be a champion.”
“If you want to hit for average in this game, you have to be able to use the whole field.”
“Once you win and have that experience and what it means to be a good team, you want that every year.”
“Tulo was the first one to tell me I needed to take pride in my defense. And he was right. You've got to take pride in it and want to be really good at it.”
“As hitters, if something's working, you don't change it.”
“I have some pretty good memories, but I won the Little League championship when I was a kid.”
“I don't hold grudges. That's not really me.”
“I had a great time in Colorado. It just didn't work out.”
“Sometimes, you wanna be appreciated for what you did.”
“Even if I wake up at 12:30 in the afternoon or something like that late I have to have eggs for breakfast. I don't know, it just makes me feel good and gets me going for the day.”
“I'm so proud to be an American, but you see what they are going through Cuba, you see what they have been through, and it's pretty sad.”
“Obviously, you want to hit for average.”
“I don't want to be content with what I'm doing. That's a bad trap to fall into.”
“I try to be very confident, and I get that from my family. They enjoy and take pride in what they do; I get that from them. That's the way we are, even playing Wiffle ball!”
“I want to be a complete baseball player. I've always said that.”
“I think you can always chase something good and great in this game.”
“It wasn't easy playing injured.”
“I'm not a manager. I understand they see things I don't see.”