Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Andruw Jones

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a baseball player Andruw Jones.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Andruw Jones

Andruw Rudolf Jones is a Curaçaoan former baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a noted defensive specialist for most of his career and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007. He had a strong throwing arm in addition to his elite fielding. He was an MLB All-Star five times, and he won both the Hank Aaron Award and a Silver Slugger Award for outfielders in 2005.

Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.
I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.
I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans. — © Andruw Jones
I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.
I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.
My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.
Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.
I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.
My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.
You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.
People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.
I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.
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