When you taste winning the World Series, you want to do that every year.
Alex Bregman
This game is a game of failure, and you're going to fail a heck of a lot more than you succeed in it.
Since I was very little I loved this game.
It was a blast growing up in a house where you have motivating parents, and my mom would always challenge me no matter what it was.
Sometimes we're going to take marginal pitches on the edges and get called out on strike, but we want to get a pitch that we can drive and a pitch we can do damage on. I think when you do that, you don't necessarily chase as much out of the zone.
I grew up a lot by going to college. I was still really immature.
The only thing I have control over is working hard and going about my business the right way, and playing the game how I've always played it. Everything else will just take care of itself.
It's incredible to be able to make an impact and use the platform that we have in the right way.
A lot of families with kids with autism can't afford speech therapy for their children and can't afford to get them in the best schools for autism. We're trying to help make a difference in those communities.
This game is very humbling and you have to take it one pitch at a time, one day at a time and compete.
I think the thing with our team is during the postseason, our best games that we've played during the postseason, we strung at-bats together. It's not necessarily going up there trying to hit a home run, but it's trying to put up a good at-bat for the next guy.
I just want to be treated fairly for my performance.
When I think about the future and how I can make a difference in the world, I want to be able to use my love of the game of baseball to be a good example and a good person.
You can't ever get too high or too low.
The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.
It's always fun to compete against the best.
You grow up dreaming about playing in the World Series since you're a little kid. I remember the days in the back yard with my parents playing whiffle ball, saying, 'Hey, it's Game 7 of the World Series, are you gonna win or are you gonna lose?'
I couldn't care less what my numbers say at the end of the year. I just want to win games for the Astros.
I want to meet Brandon Crawford and just pick his brain and figure out what helps him out on the defensive side of the ball.
You can be anybody you want to be as long as you're obsessed.
When I look at a season, and it's all said and done, and the thing I look for is, first off, did my team win?
One of the reasons I wear No. 2 is because of him. Yeah, he was ultimate team guy. He was a winner. And just a good guy for a kid to look up to. And I always pretended to be Jeter.
I went to a really smart school where all the kids go to the Ivy Leagues.
When we were playing chess in the house, she would never let me win until I was good enough to beat her. It was always a competition. She was also always there for me. She was a very caring, loving mom, and the sacrifices she made to allow me to get to where I am today, I'll be forever in debt.
That's what makes baseball the best. Nothing matters but winning.
It's why we play the game... postseason.
Whether I'm 0-for-10 or 10-for-10, every time I walk to the plate I believe I'm going to hit a missile.
If there's somebody pushing you, you're going to be more energized.
If your feet are in Fresno, Calif., that's where your head needs to be. That's where your mind needs to be. You don't need to be thinking about anything else other than the next game you're going to play.
I'm definitely not satisfied and I always want to do better and learn more and get better.
We're a big community, a big family here in Houston.
I'm just trying to put together good at-bats and do anything I can to help contribute.
I think that a lot of teams aren't as close-knit as we are because a lot of the Spanish speakers don't know English and some of the English guys don't care to try and learn Spanish and relate to Latin players.
It makes everything worth it; every weight that you lifted in the offseason, every swing that you took in the cage. When you feel like you came through for your team, and you see the joy on their faces, there's nothing like it.
It keeps you motivated to know that everyone has your back.
My grandfather was the general counsel for the Washington Senators, and my dad grew up on Ted Williams' lap.
I want to strike out less than 20 times.
I put my heart and soul into it every single day, to go out there and try and win games for the Astros.
I think social media is a great tool if you use it the right way.
Being able to compete and try and win games is the coolest feeling.
Really, I think the biggest thing is just playing your game and doing what you do.
I just think it's part of life: try to be a good teammate.
You watch all those moments that Jeter had for the Yankees. You can tell by the fans' reaction how much he meant to them and how much he meant to the city, how much he meant to the game of baseball.
I like that - I like those little nervous jitters.
I would just like to win. Wherever I need to hit in the lineup, whatever works.
Win at all cost. That's why I love playing the game.
My agent called me and said, 'You're going to be on the cover of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'' I was like, 'Are you serious?' It's unbelievable. Dream come true. I was yelling into the phone. I was super excited.
I feel like I have so much to improve on.
In order to be great in this game, you have to be good for a really long time, and to be good, you have to constantly win.
Winning is the only thing that drives all of us.
