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You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.
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I have to prove everything. Especially when you're coming from an off year after the injuries, and you come back, and you have to prove a lot of things to the fans, to the team, to your teammates, to the sport. You have to prove a lot of things out there on the field.
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
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In baseball... you don't stop learning until it's over.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I don't worry about numbers. I worry about wins. You can see all the years that my numbers went down and how many championships I've got. That's what I worry about.
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I am not taking anything for granted.
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You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.
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I have no ill will about anything.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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When you do some things in baseball in the city where you grow up and then you come back on a second opportunity, it's special.
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Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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I don't try to lose weight. I don't try to do nothing. I just try to put in my work, feel better, the things that I can do in the field to be better are better, so that's what I do.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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If you don't have good people around you, it's going to be the worst thing for you.