Top 45 Anthony Rendon Quotes

How am I different than anyone else? I’m a human being, and I have my faults, too.

It’s easier to go outside and play basketball. You can shoot around by yourself. Play pick-up. Whereas with baseball, no one likes putting a ball on a tee, hitting it, chasing it and putting it back on a tee. You need more than a few guys. So I was always in the neighborhood playing basketball with my friends.

You’re just trying to work on things in Spring Training, try to put the barrel on the ball and not peak too early.

I dropped out of school.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.

Well, this game is not easy. There are 29 other teams, and less than 1% of the world is playing at the highest level, all supposed to be here.

Maybe I’m in the wrong sport. I should go to Australia and play fast-pitch softball.

Point-blank, I don’t want to raise a family in baseball. Maybe I just want to be normal.

If you don’t live up to somebody‘s standards, you get hammered.

We’re out here playing a game and I’m not one to take it like super, super serious.

Whether it’s a speeding ticket or whatever it might be, some of us are trying to get an edge some way or another in life.

I play baseball. I don’t deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.

I don’t watch baseball – it’s too long and boring.

It’s definitely tough seeing your city be devastated. People always give it the most attention when it’s actually happening, but then they’re not around for all of the relief and all of the rebuilding.

Greatness comes to those who wait.

My parents are people who like to stay to themselves. They’re quiet. They raised me not to be boastful about anything we do.

I’m a great listener.

I probably tweet one or two things a year. Some guys use it for publicity… I’m not going to put myself out there.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

It’s not easy to make the playoffs, and I think a lot of people overlook that. They think it’s a piece of cake, but it’s definitely not.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it’s going to take a toll on your body. But that’s what we’re out here for. We’re out here to play.

Sometimes you’re not the healthiest, sometimes you’re not gonna have the best years, sometimes you’re gonna be great.

We have our great days and our bad days. No matter what bad day I go through or strike out four times in a row, I still want to have that great attitude and go after the game and go talk to the kids and not worry about the game and let them know that this is what matters.

Baseball is what I always wanted to do with my life.

I don’t like seeking all the attention. When you start doing stuff like that, it gets into your head, you are not being yourself.

If this game is taken away from me at any time, I’d be fine going back to the house and living a happy life. If that happens, it happens.

Everyone goes through those stretches. Everyone you talk to in this game, old coaches, old teammates, old players, whatnot, they all have those, ‘Oh, I was 0-for-25, I was 0-for-30 one time.’ I just try to not to get it that far, get it to that point and take it one at-bat as a time.

It was hard because every kid from high school wants a chance to make the jump to the minors to see what they can do. But in the end, it wasn’t difficult for me because I wanted to come to Rice. I could learn a lot more by coming here.

We can’t worry about the future, just try to be the best person we can today.

I really just think that we’ve got to have a positive influence on kids in general. And really understanding people are going to look up to me, so why aren’t I doing something to be positive about it?

You want to have the best life for your family.

I’ve always been open. My whole life. Sometimes I’ll get more closed, I’ll get even. It’s more just comfortability for me. That’s where I feel comfortable, then I was always told it doesn’t matter where you stand as long as you get in a position to get ready to hit the ball.

I just like playing the game. I don’t like all the extra stuff that comes with it.

As a human, yeah, it’s awesome. You grow up and you are in Little League, and you want to make the all-star team; you go to college, and you want to make the all-star team. So any normal person would want to do it on the biggest stage and highest level. And I’m a normal person. I haven‘t changed there.

Of course, there are times you are excited and happy about whether you have a good game or not. But I don’t want to be that person that boasts about himself day in and day out.

You never stop learning from this game. That’s the crazy thing.

People treat us and they put us on this pedestal like we’re so much better human beings than them because we play a professional sport.

That’s what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I’m lackadaisical out there, like I’m not really paying attention. If I’m always tense, I’m going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.

They always say baseball is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical, whatever that saying is. I don’t even think I know it. But this game is already a game of failure. Going into it not feeling good, battling whatever injuries, tests you even more.

I’m pretty confident, I’m a confident person – at least I try to be.

I’ve been blessed with great hand-eye coordination.

I just want to be in the lineup. If I’m on that lineup card I’m happy.

I always feel happy for my teammates, but I’m not going to be the one at the top of the dugout yelling.

Seeing how the kids react to you is pretty awesome. Not necessarily that they’re star struck, but they’re shy. They’re kids. They don’t know how to act to a new person.

I’m going to play as long as I can, but my identity is not in this game.