” I think it was like, ‘I don’t look like you, Mom. I don’t look like you, Dad. Like, what’s going on here?’ They just kind of told me I was adopted. I was like, ‘OK, that’s fine with me. “
” You have to have a great fielder at shortstop, and you’ve got to have a guy that has good range and good hands in center field. “
” Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field. “
” Sometimes you’ve got to tip your cap when they’re painting stuff on the corner. But you can’t give up, got to keep battling and make some adjustments. “
” You define great players as guys that are out there grinding, battling every day with their team. “
” You have to earn your job every day. “
” Even in the Minor Leagues, I thought you have to go out and earn a spot. Nothing is ever given to you. “
” You’re always still trying to win a job. That’s everyone’s mindset: come in here and fight for your job, win a job. “
” You never hit a good slider or curveball, you just try to go after the mistakes. “
” That’s your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted – especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home – it was tempting. At the time, I just didn’t think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball. “
” When you go to college the first couple years, and you kind of get beat around, you kind of think about, ‘Maybe if I went to pro ball, it would be a little bit better.’ Now that I look back on it, I made the right choice. “
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