Quotes from Miguel Cabrera

You have to respectfully listen to advice.

When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.

How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?

Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.

I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to swing. Everything in the strike zone, I'm going to swing. Doesn't matter if it's a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. If it's in the strike zone and it's something you like, you've got to swing.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.

When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.

I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.