Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by David Wright

I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York

An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked as a thumbprint, and is a playwright's truest imprimatur. It is as innate as breathing, and can be as unique as any genetic code. By its very singular nature, it is seldom born in the act of collaboration. True authorial voice always pre-dates the first rehearsal of a text. And it is - and will always be - an author's most distinguishing and valuable feature.

When it’s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don’t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, ‘I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.’ I want to, when it’s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, ‘I did everything I could do — good or bad.’

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

I'm very modest. I know that baseball is a very humbling game.

Baseball is the reason I have my apartment, baseball is the reason I'm on the cover of video game. Baseball is what I do.

Most of my friends are people I've known since I was a kid. I don't have an entourage or anything.

I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

It's so unique. Wilson Park is just such a gem. It's in a convenient location.

The brilliant thing about baseball is you're never really out of it - things can turn around in this game so quickly.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

When you don't win I think you have to evaluate everybody.

I'm very confident in what I do, but I'd like to think I don't ever show any kind of cockiness or overconfidence.

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

I do like to wear the same hat on game days, but I consider that more of a routine thing than a superstition.

If have the choice, to play or not play, I would rather be in there, ... But I appreciate Willie calling me in and being concerned.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

To me, the fun part of hitting is the thinking part. It's the game within the game.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

Because Jesus Christ has prepared Himself from the foundations of the world we can trust Him as one uniquely qualified through the fullness of His love for His Father and us. His love, meekness, condescension, knowledge, power, commitment to agency, and obedience combine to bring this elusive peace to all of God’s children. Our peace was purchased by the shedding of the innocent blood of God’s purest Son. Our trust in His capacity to bring us this peace can be complete because that has been part of His work and His glory from the beginning.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.