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" You know that in the playoffs, everyone starts from zero. No matter what team you have to face, if you want to make it to the World Series, you have to get through two rounds against very good teams that are going to be hot. "

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" 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. "

Jose Altuve

Mindset

Home

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

" I literally love Justin Verlander. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" To achieve success wasn't to get into the major leagues or have the best season in the world. The best success is to live your life the way God wants you to. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You win a championship, and you feel 7 feet tall. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Jose Altuve

Awesome

Award

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

Jose Altuve

I Am

Matters

" 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. "

" I don't like talking about myself. "

Jose Altuve

About

Myself

" I don't think I'm the face of the city or the Houston Astros. I'm just another guy who is playing hard to make dreams come true. "

" 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. "

Jose Altuve

Attack

" 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 wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had in my mind the idea of playing with any other teams. "