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" I literally love Justin Verlander. "

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

" When I see players like Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Robinson Cano, and Miguel Cabrera, I see they have a good season, but they also jump up the next year and do it over and over again. I want to be one of those players that do it every year. "

" I really like the way he plays, but I also really like the way he treats people, Aaron Judge. I'm a big fan. "

" I've been 5-6 since I've been at least 17 or 18. I think somebody made a mistake on the measurements. "

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

" I don't think too much about mechanics. I just like to go up there and swing. It's more than my swing, though. It's my mindset. I always go to home plate with a plan. "

" In baseball, it doesn't matter if you're tall, skinny, fat, whatever. If you really have talent and you really love to play, I feel like you can make it. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The way I feel is I have to keep going out there and proving people. I don't want to be just a guy who has a couple of good years and then that's it. "

" I think most of the people like the kind of player like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. They're pretty tall, and they can do everything. "

" I don't think what size I am really matters. "

" 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? "

" I'm not a guy that shows a lot of emotion while I'm playing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Believe In Yourself

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

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

" I'm pretty close to Miguel Cabrera. We are such different hitters, but at the same time, we're pretty close because we both like to hit the ball middle-away. "

" 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 like champagne. I mean, I like it bubbling and throwing it on someone's body. But I don't like champagne on my body. "

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

" I love playing baseball, and I always promised myself, if I had the chance, that I would work as hard as I could to be the best player I could possibly be. "

" You need some time off from baseball. Like, when you have a bad game, or you end up playing really good, you go home, and you need to chill out. "

" I've been putting 100% of work into defense like I do hitting because that way I can help my team more. "

" I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay. "

" It's not like I go out on the field thinking that I'm 5-6 and I'm the smallest guy out there. I'm just trying to help my team win games. "

" I just try to make contact with the ball. It's obvious that I like to swing the bat. I'm not thinking of taking a lot of pitches. "

" I don't like talking about myself. "