You don't criticize or critique your teammates if they're having a hard time. You try to encourage them just like you hope that they'll encourage you.
Mookie Betts
I can pull off a range of outfits from nice, edgy suits to more rugged, casual looks. Your look one day can be totally different than the next day, and for me, it's all about owning that.
Obviously, you're going to have your ups and your downs, but the more ups I can have and the quicker the downs are, the better I'll be.
I have no idea what it is about bowling. It's just a love I have for it. I can't even explain why. Bowling is just fun for me.
My Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.
I just go out and do what I can to help the team win, try and be consistent in having some good at-bats and getting some timely hits and whatnot.
In order to be great you have to continue to put in the work.
I think a lot of times you start to second-guess yourself, especially as a young player, but you've got to have confidence that everything will be all right.
Obviously, I'm coordinated and whatnot.
This game is obviously about failure. You're going to fail most of the time. It's how you handle it.
My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.
I think when you're stressing, or worried about your performance, worrying about this and worrying about that, that's when things start to get tough and you're not enjoying it anymore and it becomes a job. Although it is our job to play, still you have to understand that it's a game and you have to enjoy it.
The great hitters use the whole field, and that's a goal of mine.
I've been bowling for so long, and I really, really enjoy it.
I want to be a great role model to let the kids, especially black kids, that it's possible to make it in this sport. I think we, as a black community, quit playing the game because we think it's a white man's sport. Or we think that since other black people don't play it, so why should I play it.
I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.
I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.
As I continue to learn, I'll continue to do different things.
My personal style definitely developed over time. I thought I used to look good in a T-shirt and jeans and a decent pair of shoes. Now versatility is key for me.
You don't get to where you are by just sitting on your butt and expecting it to come.
I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.
Just to be able to put on the uniform in general is a blessing, and when it says Red Sox on it, it makes it that much better.
I'm 5-foot-9, 180 pounds. I don't have much else to work with, so I just try to use my bat speed and get the most out of what I've got.
I don't want to try and be something I'm not.
You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.
I see myself as the product of hard work.
I learned from my dad and my mom somebody should only have to tell you once. Whether it's me getting in trouble, they said I should only have to tell you once. I've kind of took that and made that for all aspects.
Contract things are kind of tough to come up with, especially with both sides and kind of how the economics and all those things work.
I'm going to be someone who smiles and brings joy to the locker room and to the field.
I care about runs scored and RBIs. Those are the most important things for me.
As a whole, when it comes to business in general, whether it's buying a building or contract negotiations or whatever it is, you have to take emotions out of it. That's what people forget.
I'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck.
Not every year is going to be the same and you just kind of have to just roll with the punches.
You see all the greats, people who were idols of mine growing up. You see those guys on the cover of video games.
Precision matters, breh.
I love Boston.
You make a 2-10 split pretty often when you bowl as much as I do.
You can put me on a plane now and I can go anywhere and just by talking having one or two conversations I can have an idea where I am in the U.S. or whatever.
When you're down, are you going to be mentally down and make it last longer, or are you going to stay positive, keep an even keel?
I'm constantly trying to become the best. That's kind of how I'm driven. Sometimes I'm not. I kind of focus on when I'm not than when I am. That's probably something I need to switch.
R.B.I.' is such a playable game. You can pick the game up and play right away without a crazy long learning curve, and that's important for the casual fan and gamer.
It's OK for two sides to disagree. It's perfectly fine. It's normal.
However it is I get on base, or whatever happens, happens.
I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I just do what I do and have fun.
Having fun is definitely how you're going to keep yourself loose, and be at your best.
There wasn't a favorite team or player in the Betts household. I played baseball, day in, day out, and learned the game my own way alongside my parents - Willie and Diana.
Orange is the New Black' - oh my gosh. That is a great TV show.
I was born into wearing hats - it's a family thing - and I wear hats all the time.
When you start rushing into things, that's when you get some deals that may not be the right ones.
I just want to put on a uniform - whoever it is.
