Top 41 Quotes & Sayings by Yadier Molina

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Puerto Rican athlete Yadier Molina.
Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Yadier Molina

Yadier Benjamín Molina, nicknamed "Yadi", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), with whom he has played his entire 19-year MLB career. Widely considered one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time for both his blocking ability and his caught stealing percentage, Molina has won nine Rawlings Gold Gloves and six Fielding Bible Awards. A two-time World Series champion, he has played for the Cardinals in twelve playoff appearances and four National League pennant winners. Molina has also played for the Puerto Rican national team in four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments, winning two silver medals.

It's always good to get in contact, get involved with your teammates.
I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.
I thank God for giving me help to play this game. — © Yadier Molina
I thank God for giving me help to play this game.
When you get older, you've got to find some things differently because sometimes your body won't allow you do what you. When you're younger you can do a lot of stuff, moving around.
My family taught me about that, about being the leader, being there for your teammates and caring about everything during the game, after the game, before the game.
Managers don't play. We the players play.
Whenever I'm on the field, I'm another guy.
I'm not going to put my team in any situation where I go 0-for-5 because I want to play and be a hero.
Immediately after hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, I was extremely concerned about my family, friends and all the people in Puerto Rico. I felt helpless and could not concentrate not knowing if my family and loved ones were safe. I wanted to help my people as fast as I could.
You play more games, you get more maturity, and you get smarter.
I would love to win a batting title. That would be amazing. Can I do it? Yes, I can. No doubt.
Winning the game is the single most important thing. If you go 0-for-4, but you catch a shutout or a one-run game, and your pitcher goes seven, eight innings, and the closer closes out the game, that's the ultimate satisfaction for a catcher. Much more than going 4-for-4 and losing.
You always dream about your first homer and your 100th. — © Yadier Molina
You always dream about your first homer and your 100th.
I take pride in everything I do.
All I've done is work hard to get better and better every single year to become the best catcher I can be.
Catching is a tough position.
I learn more from my coaches and I feel that I have continued to get better offensively. I'm like fine wine, the older, the better.
I love to be around baseball.
The catching position is hard. You have to find a way to do a lot of things, to be in the game. When you get older, when you're 38 years old, you have to find a way to be on the field.
I'm always going to play with chips on my shoulder - with something to prove.
You're talking about defense and calling games and blocking balls, I'm going to be right there with anybody.
I have played in so many games and have had so many incredible moments that selecting one or remembering all of them is impossible.
Just seeing my name on the ballot as a top three finalist for the Most Valuable Player title in the National League brings me great satisfaction because this accolade means a lot.
I am truly thankful for my health that has permitted me to obtain optimal results in my career.
For me, it's about finding ways. Obviously I'm not a great hitter, but I'm going to try and beat you anyway I can. I think about that in every aspect of the game. Running? I'm not the fastest runner, but I can steal a base. For me it's about taking advantage of what I can.
You go out on the field every day and play hard to accomplish goals.
I know my body.
As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.
As a child, one dreams about becoming the MVP of your team. — © Yadier Molina
As a child, one dreams about becoming the MVP of your team.
Just care about your teammates, care about the game, try to be good each day. That's the way I do my part.
I think that, because of the way I catch, that I'm one of the best catchers to have ever played baseball.
It's always good to have someone help you out with good advice - especially when he's your brother and taught you how to play the game.
St. Louis is home, so if anybody has anything bad to say about my home I'm going to be there for us.
Of course a lot of the players in that clubhouse have respect for me and talk to me about everything. So with my experience, I certainly try to help them, to make things easier for everyone.
To be part of the All-Star group is a great honor. It means a lot.
My main role is to help the team. And I love that role. And I love that my teammates feel comfortable coming to me.
You always put some goal in your mind and you try to reach it. If you don't reach it, that's fine because you at least had something to look forward to.
I've been happy to have been here since my first day, and I'm going to be happy to retire as a Cardinal because this organization means a lot to me and this city means a lot to me.
That's my plan in the offseason: to work hard and to try to play as many games as I can and stay healthy. — © Yadier Molina
That's my plan in the offseason: to work hard and to try to play as many games as I can and stay healthy.
That mentality that I have every year - that I have to prove myself to everyone that I'm a good player - that's the thing that keeps me going. That's my motivation.
Obviously 1,500 is a lot of hits, but I've got to keep going.
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