Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Trea Turner

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Trea Turner

Trea Vance Turner is an American professional baseball Shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is one of the fastest runners in Major League Baseball, having been clocked at 22.7 miles per hour (36.5 km/h) at least twice in 2016. On June 30, 2021, Turner hit for the cycle for the third time, tying the MLB record for most cycles in a career.

It doesn't matter what you're hitting - if you're not living up to your own expectations, then it's hard to have fun.
I like doing nothing. I like sitting on the couch.
Be yourself, you are who you are and be proud of it. And rely on your friends and family. — © Trea Turner
Be yourself, you are who you are and be proud of it. And rely on your friends and family.
Hits and runs are the numbers that really impress me. It means you're contributing a lot to your team by being in the lineup every single day, and scoring runs is how you win games.
It's nice to not have to rely on one person, whether it's offense or defense, whatever it may be - get some production everywhere.
I've always said, even batting leadoff, that I want to be a dangerous hitter.
I'd love to stay with the Nats.
I know as an athlete I want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. I think I can do that, and I want to do that.
I watched a little bit of Altuve - how he hits, the pitches that he hits.
You always dream about trying to be the best.
I do appreciate when players are good.
No matter how you use it or what context you are using it in, words hurt.
I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds. — © Trea Turner
I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.
That is what I always said as I don't want to be one-dimensional; I don't want to just hit homers or have to walk or bunt to get on base.
I think being small was how I learned the game. Everyone was bigger and stronger than me, so I had to outsmart people. I had to think more deeply to compete with the kids who were more talented than I was.
Every debut is good, I would like to say. You can't necessarily have a bad debut, no matter how you play, results, whatever.
I'm not scared of it. I'm not shy of it or afraid of it. It's just funny to think of me as a three-hole hitter.
Any time a coach pushes you to do something that you think is a little crazy, I think that's them believing in you that you can do it.
If you're not ready mentally, it can hurt your team just as much physically.
When you're going good or bad, those balls that trickle through the hole or fall in between people, that mentally boosts how you feel, how you're playing.
I live my life day to day.
I feel like everyone puts a lot of question on me, what I'm going to do offensively, but I'd like to affect the game in a lot of ways. If I can walk, I walk. If I can hit a homer, if I can bunt.
I think if the players are trying to market themselves in the sense they want to wear cool cleats or cool shoes and this and that, that brings attention to baseball. It brings attention to the sport and that gets kids excited.
For me, I take a lot of pride in that, and we take a lot of pride in that, being able to play baseball.
My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday.
You want to travel in a good mood; you don't want to be mad about a loss.
Playing bad isn't fun.
I didn't get drafted to sit out. I got drafted to play.
I don't want to be a slap hitter, but be a dangerous hitter in the lineup and want people to come right at me.
You have to play defense for the pitchers.
Hitting in general is, I think, pretty tough.
I feel like I put a lot of effort into baseball. I get to the stadium a lot earlier than people think and we're there pretty late.
Any time you can win going home is great.
I hate being told I can't do something.
Acting in general is weird for me, but it's fun.
It's always nice to hit a home run, no matter if it's your first or your last. It's always fun, especially for me. I don't hit many.
The offseason's a big deal for everyone.
I appreciate when a guy goes out there and makes a great play or runs the bases correctly. — © Trea Turner
I appreciate when a guy goes out there and makes a great play or runs the bases correctly.
I never wanted to be a one-dimensional player.
There are so many categories you can pick whatever you like to show who's best.
Some of the biggest compliments you can get are from people who have played the game at the highest level.
I'm not planning on doing anything other than trying to be as best I can.
It's an honor to get compliments from anybody associated with baseball.
I've always been a little bit doubted, and I've tried to go out and prove people wrong.
I've always told everybody that hits behind me, swing at whatever you want because if you hit the ball in the gap, I'll score.
I think I can change small things to make me feel better each and every day.
I think everyone can always improve, but listening to a ton of people all the time is not necessarily a good thing.
I think stolen bases are always a byproduct of doing other things well. Getting on base - you've got to get on base a lot, obviously. And you've got to be in the right position and your teammates have got to help you out a little bit sometimes.
I have the speed. People said, 'Just hit the ball on the ground, slap the ball, just get on base.' But I wanted to be able to hit home runs. I wanted to be able to bunt, steal bases, play defense.
When each and every person has confidence in themselves, it makes all of us better. — © Trea Turner
When each and every person has confidence in themselves, it makes all of us better.
It's always nice to have your name associated with other great players and a record.
I never wanted to be a slap hitter. It would hurt my pride if someone called me one. I wanted to be a guy who could do everything.
It's unbelievable how much talent there is among shortstops. They all bring something a little different to the table.
The one thing that I do have that I really like is I framed some of my jerseys. In college, I played for Team U.S.A. I framed some of those jerseys. I framed my jersey when I got drafted by the Padres. I do have my first stolen base ever from when I stole a base in 2015. I have the actual base, which is pretty neat.
I'm not shooting for it, but I'll take eight straight hits any day of the week.
It's always special when you receive an award. Up here in the big leagues is special.
A lot of people that bully or whatever it may be, people that don't know you, classmates or a lot of stuff is from people who don't know who you are and what your values and morals are.
For me, that's the difference in good hitters and bad hitters. If you can stay in the zone and make them throw you pitches, you'll be able to drive the ball a little bit better.
I'm trying to go out there and do everything I can to get better.
I really learned how to steal bases from my coaches my freshman year at NC State.
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