Why would you give me so much money and not try to win? What on earth is the point of that? They have to be serious about winning going forward. There's no other logical explanation.
From Giancarlo Stanton
I thought it'd be different. Kind of like, a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders, as I don't have to worry about finances for the rest of my life, or my family's. But it wasn't like that. It was more - there's things I need to get done.
I don't want to get in trouble here, but the All-Star Game shouldn't count for anything. It should just be for fun.
People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everything you hear, there's a lot of different directions you'd be leaning.
I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.
I hate striking out, but at the same time, I'm much better at letting them go rather than, earlier in my career, worrying about it so much before the next at-bat against the guy. You grow as you play, and every year, I work to cut them down.
I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.
If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.
I do what I love every day.
There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're getting paid to play a game. People want to be you, wish they could do what you do. There are some complaints here and there, but there really aren't any significant ones.
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