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Baseball needs more superstars.
Bryce Harper -
I really want to have a possibility of going into the Hall of Fame one day. I think that's huge with a lot of baseball writers and old school guys. Of course, that's not the main goal - the main goal is winning a World Series. Hall of Fame is so far away. It's just something I've always thought about doing. I want to be as clean as I can.
Bryce Harper
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My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day.
Bryce Harper -
I don't want everybody to just see the baseball side of me.
Bryce Harper -
I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's my last day ever playing it. I do like football, but you've got to respect that it's not like baseball.
Bryce Harper -
I was probably 12 or 13 when I started doing pushups, situps, dips.
Bryce Harper -
When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on the double? You gotta be as smart as you can.
Bryce Harper -
I know more about UFC than the wrestling circuit. I think everybody's a pretty good guy in the UFC.
Bryce Harper
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If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life.
Bryce Harper -
I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.
Bryce Harper -
My body feels pretty unbelievable.
Bryce Harper -
I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.'
Bryce Harper -
It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fixes dinner every single night - baked chicken, fish - she cooks a great meal every single night.
Bryce Harper -
The full thing is God-given. I don't know how I got my swing or what I did. I know I worked every single day. I know I did as much as I could with my dad. But I never really looked at anything mechanical. There was nothing really like, 'Oh, put your hands here.' It was, 'Where are you comfortable? You're comfortable here; hit from there.'
Bryce Harper
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I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.
Bryce Harper -
Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you.
Bryce Harper -
I want to play the game hard. I want to ram it down your throat, put you into left field when I'm going into second base.
Bryce Harper -
I expect perfection from myself.
Bryce Harper -
I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.
Bryce Harper -
Sleep is huge. That's your biggest way of recovering. In baseball, it's such a hard sleep schedule during the season, but you try to do the best you can. Because you can take all the protein drinks, you can do all these things, but your recovery is your sleep.
Bryce Harper
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It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.
Bryce Harper -
I love working hard; I think people know that.
Bryce Harper -
I want to get my eight hours and be able to eat good meals and not be sluggish or anything like that. My body is my temple, and I've always thought that.
Bryce Harper -
Staying healthy puts good numbers up. If you stay healthy and try to do the things that you can to win ballgames and do what you can for your team, that's all that matters.
Bryce Harper