Top 65 Quotes & Sayings by Miguel Cabrera

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Venezuelan athlete Miguel Cabrera.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Miguel Cabrera

José Miguel Cabrera Torres, nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since his debut in 2003 he has been a two-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winner, a four-time AL batting champion, and a 12-time MLB All-Star. He has played at first and third base for most of his major league career, but primarily played left and right field before 2006. He claimed the 17th MLB Triple Crown in 2012, the first to do so in 45 seasons. In 2022, Cabrera became the third player in history with a career batting average above .300, 500 home runs, and 3,000 hits, joining Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.

The Triple Crown, or any of that stuff, is not my focus. My focus is on winning. I just hope people can be happy with that.
If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.
Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes. — © Miguel Cabrera
Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.
I learned so much from my mistakes.
You don't know how long you can play this game, so you keep playing it until they tell you to stop.
We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.
I try to be myself. Do anything to win games.
First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.
I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.
When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.
I don't like drama.
I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.
If I worry about what everybody is saying, there is going to be a lot on my mind. I don't want that. — © Miguel Cabrera
If I worry about what everybody is saying, there is going to be a lot on my mind. I don't want that.
Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.
I don't worry about my age. God gave me strength and the ability to keep playing.
When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.
I want to play with my heart.
You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.
Got to play, man. Got to play hard.
Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.
I think baseball can bring a lot of happiness to the people and people can be together.
To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.
You have to respectfully listen to advice.
You can't trust people.
Detroit is part of my family and part of my life, my home.
If you do something every day a little, the end is going to be big.
I want to do everything I can to play baseball.
I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.
I think sports can bring a lot of happiness to people.
When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.
When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.
God blessed me with this talent, so why would I not want to not play? I want to play every single game.
I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to swing. Everything in the strike zone, I'm going to swing. Doesn't matter if it's a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. If it's in the strike zone and it's something you like, you've got to swing.
I think sports can help any country get together.
I always like to play. I cannot sit down and see what's going to happen, because it's boring.
If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.
My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.
When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do? — © Miguel Cabrera
When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?
Days off always help. Even if people don't like it when they give you a day off, you've got to take a day off because sometimes you've got to clear your mind.
I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have fun.
I love this game. I love to have fun. You're playing a sport that you've loved since you were a kid, you get paid for it, and even if you're 0-for-20 or 0-for-30, you still have fun.
I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.
I'm just trying to play my best and have fun.
I want people to think of me as one of the game's greatest players.
It's why this sport is so great. You learn something every day. Every day, something.
I love to play in Detroit.
People don't realize a lot of things about me. A lot of things, they don't know.
You play with pain. You don't think about it. — © Miguel Cabrera
You play with pain. You don't think about it.
I focus on what I can do in this game. I don't have speed. I'm not a guy who can have a stolen base. I wish I could, but I can't.
I want to be a Tiger.
When you see a guy play hard, it's kind of like you want to follow him.
I just try to find ways to help my team win.
I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.
How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?
It's a beautiful thing, baseball.
We have the great fans in Detroit. We've got a great ballpark, great stadium.
I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.
You have to concentrate on the swing.
It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.
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