Trea Turner Quotes

I mean, I think I pride myself on being a good hitter so if I have to, my job changes and I have to adapt to do that.

It doesn’t matter what you‘re hitting – if you’re not living up to your own expectations, then it’s hard to have fun.

I think I try to separate every single play, because like I said, if you’re 0 for 3 with three Ks, the fourth at-bat could be the deciding factor whether your team wins or not. You’ve got to forget that you’ve got the 3 Ks.

It’s something that is an honor – everybody wants to be an All-Star. I feel like it’s a huge accomplishment year in and year out. It’s not easy to do every year.

You always dream about trying to be the best.

I think I’m athletic enough to do anything.

Obviously, I think the most meaningful thing is winning, and winning the World Series, but the way you help your team, if that is stealing bases and you can be the best at it, I think that’s pretty cool.

You can’t let somebody else kind of take your joy away from you.

It’s always nice to hit a home run, no matter if it’s your first or your last. It’s always fun, especially for me. I don’t hit many.

It’s funny, I’ve always wanted to work crazy hard.

I think winning’s a little more fun than losing, obviously.

Be yourself, you are who you are and be proud of it. And rely on your friends and family.

If the opportunity is there to steal a base, I try to steal it.

You want to travel in a good mood; you don’t want to be mad about a loss.

It’s a team game.

It’s always special when you receive an award. Up here in the big leagues is special.

I have the speed. People said, ‘Just hit the ball on the ground, slap the ball, just get on base.’ But I wanted to be able to hit home runs. I wanted to be able to bunt, steal bases, play defense.

Some of the biggest compliments you can get are from people who have played the game at the highest level.

It’s unbelievable how much talent there is among shortstops. They all bring something a little different to the table.

I like doing nothing. I like sitting on the couch.

Acting in general is weird for me, but it’s fun.

I feel like everyone puts a lot of question on me, what I’m going to do offensively, but I’d like to affect the game in a lot of ways. If I can walk, I walk. If I can hit a homer, if I can bunt.

I’m not shooting for it, but I’ll take eight straight hits any day of the week.

The offseason’s a big deal for everyone.

That is what I always said as I don’t want to be one-dimensional; I don’t want to just hit homers or have to walk or bunt to get on base.

When each and every person has confidence in themselves, it makes all of us better.

I think being small was how I learned the game. Everyone was bigger and stronger than me, so I had to outsmart people. I had to think more deeply to compete with the kids who were more talented than I was.

Our job is to play as best as we can. And if that means hitting 1, 2, 3, then I’ll do that at a high level in order for us to be able to win.

I’m a leadoff or a two-hole hitter, contact guy.

I feel like you’d rather have a speed guy hit than walk him.

I feel like I put a lot of effort into baseball. I get to the stadium a lot earlier than people think and we’re there pretty late.

Playing bad isn’t fun.

Any time you can win going home is great.

I’m trying to go out there and do everything I can to get better.

My mom‘s always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother‘s Day and her birthday.

A lot of people that bully or whatever it may be, people that don’t know you, classmates or a lot of stuff is from people who don’t know who you are and what your values and morals are.

Hitting in general is, I think, pretty tough.

The one thing that I do have that I really like is I framed some of my jerseys. In college, I played for Team U.S.A. I framed some of those jerseys. I framed my jersey when I got drafted by the Padres. I do have my first stolen base ever from when I stole a base in 2015. I have the actual base, which is pretty neat.

For me, that’s the difference in good hitters and bad hitters. If you can stay in the zone and make them throw you pitches, you’ll be able to drive the ball a little bit better.

I just want to play baseball, basically.

There are so many categories you can pick whatever you like to show who’s best.

I do appreciate when players are good.

Every debut is good, I would like to say. You can’t necessarily have a bad debut, no matter how you play, results, whatever.

Every single game, I feel like I have something to prove – whether it’s to myself or other people.

I appreciate when a guy goes out there and makes a great play or runs the bases correctly.

With my speed and my hard-hit-ball percentage, there’s no reason I shouldn’t hit .300.

If you’re not ready mentally, it can hurt your team just as much physically.

I think if the players are trying to market themselves in the sense they want to wear cool cleats or cool shoes and this and that, that brings attention to baseball. It brings attention to the sport and that gets kids excited.

I never wanted to be a slap hitter. It would hurt my pride if someone called me one. I wanted to be a guy who could do everything.

I was a lot smaller in high school, and guys were a lot bigger and faster than me. I stole some bases in high school, but it wasn’t until my senior year that I started getting faster.