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" I don't like talking about myself. "

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" Signing bonus? Just give me a contract. I'll sign for free. "

" To even be considered for an MVP award is fairly awesome for me. "

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" This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing. "

" I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues. "

" I think all major league players dream of being named MVP. "

" As a 16-year-old, I was 5-foot-5 and maybe 145 pounds. It was hard to believe a guy like that was going to make it to the big leagues. "

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" I literally love Justin Verlander. "

" Sometimes you go to home plate, and you have an idea, like a clear idea, of what they're going to throw to you. I think that's all: getting better pitches to hit, realizing when you hit the ball better, what pitch you hit, if you're chasing too much. If you figure out all that, you can get a little better as a player. "

" I don't want to get on base and just run for the sake of running. What good is it if you steal 100 bases and get caught 60 times? "

" That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's not a rule that you have to be 6 foot or you have to be real strong to play baseball or to become a good player. "

" Winning the World Series, winning the MVP, you feel like you have everything. "

" In spring training, I just try to spread everything out so I can be 100 percent before the season starts. I don't want to start feeling like I don't get it once the season starts. I want to be 100 percent on Opening Day. "

" Maybe in another life, I wanna be Aaron Judge. "

" The city of Houston has treated me really good. "

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" I grew up in a family that always believed in God. And I feel like, every morning when you wake up, you have to thank Him just for another day. I do it every day. "

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" I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're not going to get to the big leagues.' Every game, you're going to get a fastball. "

" I feel proud to be able to play every day. That's what makes me really happy. "

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" You're always going to believe in yourself, and I have to thank God for that, but it's pretty hard to believe that you can make it to the big leagues and that you can possibly get 200 hits three years in a row. I feel very proud. "

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