Albert Pujols Quotes (87 Quotes)

It's amazing. I think you guys have a good taste of how crazy they are down in the Dominican. This is real big for our country.

A slider, that's his main weapon. It was a good pitch to hit, and I gave it my best swing.

Can't we talk about anything other than the home run ... It's getting old. I'm bored. It's a new day. If this were Game 7 of the World Series, I guess I'd be more excited.

You have to show respect for the other guys. It's good to know we have a spot in the playoffs but still you don't want to take things for granted.

Of course I'd take 40 homers, a .330 average and 100 RBIs, but it can be better. I want to get better every year. I never want to be satisfied.

I thought we were going to get him. But he found a way to make a pitch and get a ground ball double- play. That's why he's won 14 Gold Gloves.

(Edmonds) made them pay. I know he's going to make them pay a lot.

I don't get to play down in the Dominican, so this is my way of saying 'Thank you' to my fans there and helping my country win.

It's awesome, but we got the win, and that's more important to me. All the credit today should go to Jason Marquis.

It couldn't be better than this. It gives us the edge to go back to St Louis, but you still have to win two games.

I don't look at numbers. I don't know. I didn't know anything about it until you guys (reporters) just brought it up. That's not me. I get locked in on seeing the ball and helping my team win and hopefully do some damage out there. And that's what I did today.

It's exciting having our people yelling. It takes me back to when I was playing down in the Dominican in Little League, having my parents and my friends yelling. It's great.

The best thing was the concentration that he had for the game. I still tell him, it was an honor and a pleasure to play with him. I wish he would have been around a little more, but I know when you have family and kids, your family is more important than this game.

Izzy, I know he wanted to get that save right there, and he made a mistake. But we came out with a win, and everybody will forget about what happened.

Can we pull a miracle What do you think Of course we can.

It's just an honor to get this award. I want thank all the players. It shows a lot of respect that the players have for me. There were so many players that had a great year.

The way I look at it is, if you're going to get hurt you're going to get hurt. It's baseball. If you think about getting hurt, the chances are better you're going to get hurt.

He's come a long way. That's why he's one of the best out there. He's No. 3 right now, but I'm pretty sure that someday he is going to shoot for that No. 1 record because he always wants to be on top. Knowing him, he loves the game so much it's going to be really tough on him to walk away from this game.

I just did a little prayer, that I might be the last guy to make that out.

It's never over until you make 27 outs.

I just couldn't believe I did it, ... You don't think that until you make the out. You can't think like that. You can't think negative in that situation. Always think positive, and that's what I did.

It's been a great experience so far and some guys are so excited that they're saying we should play this ever year. I think this is going to be a great tournament and there won't be any negatives about it. More guys will want to play in it next time and it will keep getting bigger.

We don't talk about that, ... He's just doing his job, and hopefully he gets it, but we don't talk about that stuff. We let you guys talk about that. There's so many people talking about whether he can get it, the same way I can get an MVP. We don't care about that. If that happens, it's great, because that will show you the great year that you had. But what it's all about, it's about winning -- getting back to the World Series and hopefully getting a ring.

A lot of the fans and even the players miss Barry, ... I wish he would've been healthy and played, but I don't think about (his absence). I don't think about the past. I think about the present and the future and just try to stay healthy during the year, hopefully, and help my team to win like I did.

You don't play to win the division, you play to win championship rings, ... How many division titles does this team have ... We don't care about that. It doesn't matter what record we have. Last year we had the best record in the majors and we lost in the World Series.

That's the way it goes. There is no more talking, no more excuses. They played good baseball and beat us.

It's amazing. There were a lot of Latin people. I think you guys have a good taste of how crazy they are in the Dominican. They appreciate that. This is real big for our country and I'm pretty sure for Venezuela and the other Latin Americans even in the United States.

It's amazing, ... I don't think about the last four years. All I'm thinking about is today. Going into spring training, you don't try to win the MVP. All you're going to do is help out your team to win. If you can do that, this is the reward that you get after the season.

I know the talent that he's got, and it's about time for him to start swinging the bat, because he has some opportunity. I think he has done a great job for us the last couple years we've had him. When we've put him out there to play defense, pinch-run or pinch-hit, anything, he's always done a great job for us.

If you get caught the third time, you definitely need to be thrown out of baseball, ... If you get caught the third time, it means you're not learning the lesson.

It's the best hit of my career, ... But it's what you do tomorrow. I don't look at the past, I don't even want to talk anymore about it.

We miss those guys, but hey, we've got to do it with the team we have here. We're pretty confident in ourselves that we can do a good job. We have a pretty good team.

That's why you practice for a month-and-a-half in spring training. To get ready for (days) like today.

I was ticked off. I'm human. I made a mistake. I shouldn't have taken it to that level. I have too much respect for the game.

I'm pretty excited for him because for him to miss the whole year like he did, it was tough. He's a tough, strong guy and he wanted to help us out last year. But you guys know that shoulder was really bothering him. He swung the bat real good this spring and he's going to have a good year.

This is something I can do for my country. Definitely, I want to participate in this. It's big for me and I'm pretty sure that's the same way a lot of guys look at it.

It's always nice to do something in front of your fans who support you all year long, ... There are 47,000 people up there cheering for you and giving you a standing ovation -- it's great -- but you can't get caught up in that. You need to make sure you get ready to go, and I'm pretty sure they will be pretty happy if we bring them a World Series championship.

We have been reacting well. It doesn't matter if a guy's making 500,000 or 10 million or 5 million. Everybody is the same, and we know that we are here to win games and to represent our country.

With a guy like that, you've got to get him early. If he starts to feel comfortable and make his pitches, he might throw eight or nine strong innings at you.

You don't want to get caught up thinking along with him, because then, he'll sneak something by you. You have to make sure the ball is up and put your best swing on it. He did a real good job tonight keeping the ball down.

In Washington, you thought I was probably pushing a little bit. Sometimes you're going to push. Like my dad was telling me You're going to drive in a lot, and you're going to leave a lot on base. You always leave more on base. You always make more outs than hits. That's why this game is almost even.

We know what to expect from Woody. I love Woody. I still talk to Woody. But when I go out there to face him, I won't be thinking of any of that.

It's pretty tough for the Dominican to put a team together because it's a third-world country, really poor, and sometimes it's pretty tough to even get David Ortiz or myself to represent in the Caribbean Series, which is a big deal. Sometimes you don't get permission from the organization. Our job is here in U.S.

I was praying, 'just give me the strength, Lord, to ... hopefully come through for my teammates,

There's no need for me to put pressure on myself or try to chase a ball out of the strike zone. If I take the walk, I know he's going to drive me in like he has the last couple of weeks. Believe me, he's getting hot, so watch out.

Another opportunity for the World Series. A lot of players retire and never get the opportunity for this.

It's been pretty tough the last week. I'm dealing with it. It has been getting worse as the game goes on. It was pretty tough today because we had a day game after a night game. You're playing twice in less than 10 hours.

The same way they won three games, we can win three games, ... Those guys aren't unbeatable. You don't think about Wednesday or Thursday.

I try to be patient at the plate and draw my walks like I did with runners at first and second. We got four runs in that inning. That's the key. If I'd tried to come out of the strike zone, I probably would have hit into a double play. That's the last thing I want to do. I want to be patient at the plate, just try to see the ball and, like my dad would say, take what they give you.

I know I was the fifth guy coming up in that inning, ... But I put my batting gloves on knowing that if I have the opportunity, I just did a little prayer that hopefully I might be the last guy to make the out.