Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American baseball player Dustin Pedroia.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Dustin Luis Pedroia is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball career for the Boston Red Sox, from 2006 to 2019. He was a four-time All-Star, and won the American League (AL) Rookie of The Year Award in 2007 and the AL Most Valuable Player and Silver Slugger Award in 2008. He has also received four Gold Glove Awards and was named AL Defensive Player of the Year in 2013.
I go out and break my leg next year and can't play ever again, I got 40 million dollars. Nothing's guaranteed in this world, except that 40 million dollars.
I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.
I don' really care what people think. I don't really have to prove anything to anybody. I just have to prove stuff to my teammates.
I just show up to the yard, work hard, and play as hard as I can.
I hope to play for the Red Sox a long time.
I just try to see the ball and hit it. If I get a hit, I get a hit. If I get out, I get out. There's no secret about it.
When I play videogames I'm trying to go deep every pitch. I'm definitely not going to try to do that in real life. In the (video)game I'm trying to leave the yard.
I'm going to go out there and be who I am, and if you don't like it, then watch somebody else.
People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.
I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play.
I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?
Just because somebody swings one way and I swing another way doesn't mean he's better than me or I'm better than him ... Does my swing get hits? Yes.
Next year I want to be better than this season, and the year after that, better than the year before.