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" I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that. "

Giancarlo Stanton

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" I like that I've been able to maintain a good stomach and chest. Push-ups and sit-ups are my go-to. It is the simplest routine and the best thing to maintain my stomach and chest. I'll do about 100 of each a day, usually when I'm already warmed up. "

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" If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out. "

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" I play to have fun. I play to win. I play for my teammates. "

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" We don't just say this every spring training - 'Playoffs, World Series.' You've got to do it. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" I do what I love every day. "

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" I want to have records on the field and do things on the field. That's what this is about. "

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" They say in baseball, your little flaws will stick with you from the start. It's just how you can maintain and minimize them. "

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" 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. "

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" We've got to trust that we are all in it to win it. "

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" The one thing I didn't understand was the Minor Leagues, how that part of the business works. I'd see Todd Hollandsworth out there one game, and the next game he wouldn't be there, and I didn't understand. "

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" I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple sports helped tremendously in my baseball career. I have the agility of all three combined into one. "

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" High school is what kind of grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I'll take with me the rest of my life. "

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" I know I have a lot of expectations to live up to, which I need to do and am willing to do. "

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" 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. "

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" That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that. "

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