Top 65 Quotes & Sayings by Miguel Cabrera

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Venezuelan athlete Miguel Cabrera.

Last updated on November 7, 2024.

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.

Venezuelan - Athlete | Born: April 18, 1983

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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.

Miguel Cabrera

If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.

Miguel Cabrera

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

Miguel Cabrera

I learned so much from my mistakes.

Miguel Cabrera

You don't know how long you can play this game, so you keep playing it until they tell you to stop.

Miguel Cabrera

We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.

Miguel Cabrera

I try to be myself. Do anything to win games.

Miguel Cabrera

First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.

Miguel Cabrera

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.

Miguel Cabrera

When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.

Miguel Cabrera

I don't like drama.

Miguel Cabrera

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

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.

Miguel Cabrera

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

Miguel Cabrera

I don't worry about my age. God gave me strength and the ability to keep playing.

Miguel Cabrera

When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.

Miguel Cabrera

I want to play with my heart.

Miguel Cabrera

You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.

Miguel Cabrera

Got to play, man. Got to play hard.

Miguel Cabrera

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.

Miguel Cabrera

I think baseball can bring a lot of happiness to the people and people can be together.

Miguel Cabrera

To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.

Miguel Cabrera

You have to respectfully listen to advice.

Miguel Cabrera

You can't trust people.

Miguel Cabrera

Detroit is part of my family and part of my life, my home.

Miguel Cabrera

If you do something every day a little, the end is going to be big.

Miguel Cabrera

I want to do everything I can to play baseball.

Miguel Cabrera

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

Miguel Cabrera

I think sports can bring a lot of happiness to people.

Miguel Cabrera

When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.

Miguel Cabrera

When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.

Miguel Cabrera

God blessed me with this talent, so why would I not want to not play? I want to play every single game.

Miguel Cabrera

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.

Miguel Cabrera

I think sports can help any country get together.

Miguel Cabrera

I always like to play. I cannot sit down and see what's going to happen, because it's boring.

Miguel Cabrera

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

Miguel Cabrera

My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.

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?

Miguel Cabrera

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.

Miguel Cabrera

I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have fun.

Miguel Cabrera

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.

Miguel Cabrera

I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.

Miguel Cabrera

I'm just trying to play my best and have fun.

Miguel Cabrera

I want people to think of me as one of the game's greatest players.

Miguel Cabrera

It's why this sport is so great. You learn something every day. Every day, something.

Miguel Cabrera

I love to play in Detroit.

Miguel Cabrera

People don't realize a lot of things about me. A lot of things, they don't know.