A Quote by Mike Lowell
As a 20th round pick nothing was handed to me in the minor leagues.
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I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.
You know, I spent parts of six seasons in the minor leagues and I dealt with some injuries there, I saw a lot of things. I had the safety net of being a first-round pick, so I didn't maybe necessarily experience some of that hardship firsthand, but I watched it break a lot of guys. The strain that it puts on you and your family, it's really tough.
Maybe in the minor leagues. With my velocity, they would pick it up and say, 'Hey, you dropped something.'
When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature.
The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.
Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.
I went to college for a reason, and that was to skip the minor leagues. I spent a year in the minors and got my at-bats in, and then I felt like I was ready for the big leagues.
Even in the Minor Leagues, I thought you have to go out and earn a spot. Nothing is ever given to you.
I knew after being drafted in the 57th round that I would be swiftly replaced if I wasn't able to play through a considerable amount of pain in the minor leagues, and ultimately until I established myself as a productive, stable member of MLB.
Being a first-round draft pick means nothing to me without my education.
I don't know how the 'Richie' started. My name is Richard, and they called me Dick in the minor leagues.
I still carry it with me that I'm a I-AA guy and I had to go down to the minor leagues in college football and prove who I was.
I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.
I know all the guys in NXT have a lot of talent, and that's the reason why they are there. But in this sport, you can see guys with a lot of talent in the minor leagues, when they move into the major leagues, they become irrelevant.
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