Bret Boone Quotes (18 Quotes)

It was a very tough and emotional day for me, but it's all I've ever done and ever known. It was a tough decision that I thought through, and I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to play anymore.

Now I've got to go out and give myself the best chance possible to live up to my intention,

I'm getting a little of the hunger to play ball back,

I was a part of a lot of fun things, but it was my time to move on.

I look at this as a tremendous opportunity. Last year was a season I'd like to forget. The Mets have given me a chance to revive my career and I plan to make the most of it. I know the organization is heading in the right direction and I would like nothing better than to be part of a championship year.

This really gives me some closure. I went out this winter and worked as hard as I could, and it would have been easy to walk away after last year.

There wasn't anything physically wrong. I hit a professional wall. My swing got sideways. I was off with my mechanics the whole year. By the end of last year I was walking around in a fog.

They could become only the third team in major league history to win 90 games one season and lose 100 games the next. This is like Groundhog Day , ... I don't mean to make light of what we're going through, but it keeps happening.

I think baseball people know about my defense. If that's what's going to help my chances get back into the major leagues, then that's fine with me.

He's a pain-in-the-neck when he's on. He can throw his fastball at 97 (mph) and slider at 92, but gets in trouble with his control. He has to throw strikes.

From what I went through last year, what more could I appreciate than that opportunity I'm here to come play second base, and hopefully I go out and show these guys I'm up to the challenge.

It's a wrench in our schedule, without a doubt.

Last year was a very humble experience, but it's not the first time I've ever been humbled. It's a different situation than I've ever been in, but it's a game, it's life.

It's just kind of bad timing right now, with the Iraq situation and all. But Major League Baseball has been working on this thing for months. If they thought there was even a slight risk, I don't think they'd allow us to go through with this.

This is closure. I went out this winter and worked as hard as I could.

I don't know where my brain was. Somewhere it never was before. Well, I'm back from outer space.

I have to show I have regained the form I had a couple of years ago. If I can't play like an All-Star then I'm not going to play. If I can't play at the level I am accustomed to I won't be here. I will go home.

That's what I remember, being a kid, and he's got so much love right now for this game. That's how you need to be in this game. You've got to have that. And when you don't have that, you're wasting everybody's time.