Alfonso Soriano Quotes (26 Quotes)

I cannot wait. I worked hard in spring training for Opening Day.

I'm not comfortable. Today was easy because I only had one fly ball. Tomorrow might be different.

When I look at myself on tape I can see that, but I just didn't make the adjustments at the time.

They are not professionals, but they play like pros.

Left field was great today. No troubles.

I feel better than the first day. I'm working hard every day, I know that. I'm trying to feel comfortable. It's very hard. People think it's very easy to catch some fly balls. ... They're not easy.

I have no choice. I love the game. I hope I stay healthy and I hope they play me there every day because I love the game.

Ballplayers are soldiers, and we have to play where we're told to. At the beginning I didn't want to, but I don't have control of the situation -- and after all, I thought it's just for a year.

They wanted me to feel at home. That's good. Those people love me here and that makes me feel good.

I never think I'm going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.

You can have the talent, but mentally is the main thing. I think I can do it. I will work at it and see how it goes.

Look, I know that there are people who are racist, but what surprised me was that he was so open about it. I know there is racism out there, but many people don't express it like that.

I didn't see the ball come out. I stuck my hand in there. It was a bang-bang play. I haven't seen the replay.

This is the first day that I didn't feel good, but it's good to get everybody together today. That's the most important thing. Tomorrow, I hope to feel better and better.

Today, I'm not comfortable. I don't know what's happening tomorrow or a couple of days from now.

That's over. I'll do what I can do now. I'm ready to have a good year.

It's two different parts of the game. I was doing the same thing when I was playing second base. When I play defense, I play defense. When I hit, I don't think about defense.

We have a day off tomorrow and will think about the baseball we've played the last two weeks. After that, we'll get back to baseball.

My agent told me there were a couple of teams interested. I said I don't want to worry about it. I said if it happens, call me. But don't tell me who the teams are. Don't say anything about it until it happens.

I was working in the cage today with my mechanics, so I had very good pitches and timing with the ball. I feel great tonight.

Stats don't mean a lot to me. What means a lot is being available to play every day. I like to play the game and that's what I think about. I love the game and I don't want to lose that.

I try to catch the ball, but it was a line drive going up because of the wind. I see the contact, but after that when the ball passed the infield I lost it a little bit, and I think that's why I have a little problem.

I'm going to play second base here, that's all I know. I am getting ready to play second base like I always have. I don't know what is going to happen when I get back. I really don't know.

I've only played four, five games out there. It's going to take me time to feel comfortable out there.

I saw the bat, so I slide with my hand. If the bat is not there, I slide with my feet first.

I have to try to make a good jump to see the ball. I don't feel comfortable yet, but I want to do the best that I can. They are not hitting line drives. The ones they hit to me are easy fly balls. I want a difficult one and I want to see my reaction.