That's the way baseball is, ... I wouldn't say he's off the radar screen. I've been on both ends of it. I've been the guy coming up pushing somebody from behind and I've been the guy who's getting pushed. If that elevates both of our games, that's what it's supposed to do. Getting too wrapped up in who's playing right now is not the way to go about it.
More Quotes from Doug Mientkiewicz:
You don't do it like in high school or college, where you try to rip on the other team. You try to be professional about it. You might be teammates with him two days from now.Doug Mientkiewicz
Even when you strike out, you're in the middle of controversy.
Doug Mientkiewicz
I told him, 'If you want to change the perception of yourself as a player, one team sticks out the White Sox.' I said, 'No place were you hated more than in U.S. Cellular by the White Sox fans. If you can win over those fans, then everyone will realize people have the wrong idea about you as a player.'
Doug Mientkiewicz
The bottom line is we got one breath left, ... and we're going to use it to the best of our ability.
Doug Mientkiewicz
Hopefully, I'll get a chance to tip my cap. People there treated me as a lot better player than I was. I think they get me. They understand me better than any other set of fans.
Doug Mientkiewicz
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Games QuotesI've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.
Hedy Lamarr
One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.
Herbert Simon
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow