Top 80 Buster Posey Quotes

Let’s say, for example, I’m playing ball but I decide to slack in school. I feel like that’s going to carry over to baseball, that mentality. So I’ve always tried to put my nose down and just give everything I’ve got in whatever it is I’m doing.

Sometimes when I think you get fatigued, a little extra inflammation in the back and hip, it’s harder to move fast and you lose a little bit of bat speed.

When I think of Jeter, I think of a guy that won a lot of baseball games. Ultimately, that’s my goal in my professional career.

I think that’s what’s obviously so great about sports – it allows people, families, communities to come together.

I’m really into playing games on my phone.

If you had told me when I was a kid that I’d have 100 home runs in the Major Leagues one day, it’d probably put a pretty good smile on my face.

It’s a long season so you’ve got to try and focus on each day.

I feel like, if you’re committed to do something, why not do it 100 percent?

Ultimately, it’s always going to be about trying to win games.

If you can put a guy behind the plate that can hit in the middle of the order, it’s just obviously gonna lengthen your lineup so much.

I always go back to when I was a kid and thinking about playing in the big leagues, so now that I’ve played in a thousand games, it’s a cool accomplishment.

To me, that’s a huge part of hitting – trying to keep things as simple as possible.

My passion is definitely to be behind the plate for as long as I can.

I think that’s particularly important in the playoffs when you’re facing good pitching. You’ve got to go up and just anyway you can try to be productive.

You should shoot for high standards, and believe they’re obtainable.

From my vantage point as a catcher, those are tough lineups to face when guys lay off the tough pitches and work counts and still have the ability to drive the ball. It’s usually a recipe of some good offense.

That’s still hard for me to believe that I’ve been on a team that has won three championships.

As a catcher, you have to put your focus on what you’re doing defensively. You learn how to put your at-bats aside if you’re struggling.

As a competitor, you don’t want to use anything as an excuse. No matter how your body’s doing or how you’re feeling mentally, you should be able to find a way to get the job done.

I like to keep things pretty simple.

Any time you go through a stretch where you don’t hit a homer for a while, it’s just natural to start to think about it.

I have two dogs, a springer spaniel and a German shepherd. One of them’s name is Nolan Arenado.

I feel like, if you’re committed to do something, why not do it 100 percent?

Well, I think baseball should be fun, but there’s always a line. There’s a fine line with everything. Where’s the line between making it fun and making it disrespectful.

I think anytime you can slow things down in a big situation, it’s an advantage.

I think anybody that has caught before understands the grind of catching, not only the physical, the nicks, the wear and tear of squatting for nine innings night in, day out, but just the mental grind of working a pitching staff. It’s demanding.

Fortunately for my wife, I’m not a snorer so she doesn’t have to put up with that.

I used to be able to just walk into a gym cold and jump on the squat rack. But those days are gone.

I think this applies to a lot of things in life. When things aren’t going well, you start to worry about things you can’t control, and it also holds true with baseball.

The biggest thing, when I’m hitting, is the ability to feel like I can move fast and powerfully.

I think regardless of hip injury, surgery or whatnot, you’re having to evolve and change how you’re going about your day just as the years go by, so, yeah, I’ve changed the way I go about getting ready.

I’ve been a fan of golf for a long time.

I think a lot of the new age thinking, if you want to call it that, analytics, you have to be open to it.

There’s just a few people you get to play with in this game that you know will be friends for life.

I’m all about winning.

I think, as a lot of kids, I had a dream to play Major League Baseball, but I think I was pretty good about enjoying the moment, enjoying my high school years, enjoying my time in college and not looking too far ahead, and just appreciating where I was at the time.

I think, thinking back earlier in my career, if I would have been told that I would be starting an All-Star Game at age 34, I’d be pretty happy about that.

My passion is definitely to be behind the plate for as long as I can.

I just feel fortunate to be able to play as long as I have.

I’m ready to play, and hopefully I’m a guy people can come up to and bounce stuff off of – really, be the best teammate I can be.

The ability to recover gets harder the older you get.

That’s the great thing about sports – nothing’s guaranteed.

To me, getting a chance to meet Yogi Berra and knowing how long he played and what he accomplished… I’m a huge fan of it. I’m just as enthralled as anybody else. Maybe a little bit more, because I understand the difficulty of what he accomplished.

I think, as a lot of kids, I had a dream to play Major League Baseball, but I think I was pretty good about enjoying the moment, enjoying my high school years, enjoying my time in college and not looking too far ahead, and just appreciating where I was at the time.

I’ve been fortunate to be on two teams that have won the World Series. I’ve had a chance to go through that and see how much fun it is and the memories you make going through that process. No matter how many times you do it, you’re always going to have an itch to do that again.

As time goes by, as players we have to continually evolve.

PetCo in San Diego is great. That park has a great vibe to it.

It’s an honor to be selected to the All-Star Game. It’s not something I take for granted.

If you had told me when I was a kid that I’d have 100 home runs in the Major Leagues one day, it’d probably put a pretty good smile on my face.

I just feel fortunate to be able to play as long as I have.

As much as I think the sports world loves to try to predict everything, there are still some parts of it that can’t be predicted.

Sometimes when I think you get fatigued, a little extra inflammation in the back and hip, it’s harder to move fast and you lose a little bit of bat speed.

I think anybody that catches shares a bond. You know what it takes to play the position from a physical and mental standpoint.

I’m not saying this in an egotistical way, but I think there’s value in having a good hitter behind the plate and being able to put a bat at first base as well.

I don’t want to look back and say I got to play the game that I love so much and didn’t give it everything I have. As simple as that may sound, that’s how I feel.

It doesn’t matter where I hit.

It doesn’t matter where I hit.

From my vantage point as a catcher, those are tough lineups to face when guys lay off the tough pitches and work counts and still have the ability to drive the ball. It’s usually a recipe of some good offense.

I think that’s what’s obviously so great about sports – it allows people, families, communities to come together.

It was a tremendous honor to win the Gold Glove because I’ve always taken a lot of pride in my defense.

Anybody who has tried to adopt before knows that it’s quite the roller-coaster.

The reason you play the game is to help the team win.

The clubhouses are pretty… uh… Outdated. You get pretty crammed in there for three or four days. But it still is one of those places where, for me, I look around and pinch myself just thinking, ‘I’m playing at Wrigley field.’

I can look at age curves and try to learn from that and say, ‘All right, maybe I need to adjust some workouts or spend more time in the cold tub.’

It was a tremendous honor to win the Gold Glove because I’ve always taken a lot of pride in my defense.

Any opportunity to be at the All-Star Game is a unique experience. It’s an honor and a special time with the other players we don’t ordinarily get to spend time with. It’s a fun couple of days and something that goes by quickly in my experience. I try to enjoy it.

I’m not ever going to be a big bat flip guy. I don’t really care. But the guy on the mound might care, so that’s a risk.

That’s still hard for me to believe that I’ve been on a team that has won three championships.

I’m the oldest of four, I have three siblings, and I think I kind of grew up aggravating and picking at them.

PetCo in San Diego is great. That park has a great vibe to it.

I’ve seen how quickly a season can be over from injury.

Obviously, the World Series run in 2010, that’s something you can only dream of as a kid, so to have it actually happen is just unbelievable.

The ability to recover gets harder the older you get.

I like baseball. I think that’s the main thing. I enjoy playing the game.

The way that I was taught to play baseball, and to me the way baseball has always been, is… Look, we play 162 games. It’s a grinding, hard-nosed game. And even when I was a kid it was about not showing up your opponent. It was about playing the game with class. But, obviously I think you should have fun doing it.