Top 30 Asdrubal Cabrera Quotes

I don’t spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to Florida, take my son to Disney World. But I still have my home, and my whole family lives in Venezuela.

Everything that happened last year stays in the past.

With my experience, I think I’ve earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.

If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.

I thank those people that thought I had lost the agility to play shortstop, because they gave me more motivation.

You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That’s why the game’s more quick.

A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.

They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.

Life is so fast. And I still remember when I came up to the big leagues and played as if it were yesterday. Time flies.

When you make the playoffs, it’s like you’ve done your job for the team. I’ve got that moment in my mind all the time, and I want to be there again.

That’s where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.

I like it, but I think second base is too boring.

We want to win and make a push.

Sure, I get tired. But it’s a long season, and you’ve got to play no matter if you have a little injury. I’m that kind of player.

Sometimes I’m wrong, sometimes not. But I’m an instinctual player.

I’m not one to put a lot of pressure on myself.

I’ve really enjoyed playing this game. It’s a game that I try my best to enjoy to the fullest. Without pressure. Relaxed. And that helps me when I play.

I don’t want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

I don’t swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.

I just work every day.

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn’t conditioned like he is.

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.

You’re not going to put up good numbers every year.

More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.

I like to keep my team together.

It’s the same game. It’s baseball. National League, American League. It’s baseball. I just come here and try to do my thing. Do my work and help the team to win.

I’m a baseball player who likes to enjoy himself and leave everything to God. He knows what’ll happen.

My dad, he believed in me. My first year was hard for me. I came to the States with myself, and no one came with me.