Sean Doolittle

“I think it's okay to have fun and show some character and some personality.”

“You can't have an ego in the bullpen. At the end of the day, we're a group. We're only as good as the sum of our parts. Whatever you're called on to do that day, you've got to be willing to do it for the boys.”

“I came from a military family, so there are a lot of things I think about when the anthem is playing.”

“If you can get kids excited about reading, maybe that can open up a whole other world for them.”

“I don't even have Facebook anymore. I spend a fair amount of time on Twitter, though.”

“To baseball players, our caps are sacred. We integrate our caps into our strange routines and superstitions, removing and replacing them on our heads with ritual precision so they sit just so.”

“I used to care a lot about what other people thought - like teammates.”

“Our union helps ensure that we earn fair pay and benefits.”

“I feel like I've always believed what I believed. I've just become more vocal about it.”

“I love my job, but it can be a little stressful at times. And reading has become a really healthy escape.”

“The pay in the minor leagues, I think it's terrible, it's disgusting, it's exploitative.”

“It feels weird to say there's more to me than that, like I'm being overdramatic, and a tear rolls down my cheek. But, no - I do like I feel like there's more to me than just baseball.”

“I think my patriotism is strong enough to not be offended when somebody takes a knee during the anthem. That's not something I take personally.”

“A lot of these guys come to America and baseball was their ticket to give their family a better life... They're incredibly grateful for the opportunity to play this game.”

“I don't like the idea of this team won a trade or that team did. I think it commodifies players in an unnecessary way. Let's just go win a World Series. How's that?”

“By the time I was in first grade, we had settled in New Jersey, and that's where I grew up, outside of Philadelphia, right in the heart of Eagles country.”

“Somehow BB-8 and Chewie are really funny without even speaking English.”

“If you're gonna do museums, some of the best in the world are in D.C.”

“Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.”

“I've pitched in a lot of different roles in my career. I've been the middle-inning guy. I've been a lefty matchup guy. I've closed. I've kind of done a little bit of everything.”