Albert Pujols Quotes

I don’t want to be too stiff, because then my hands won’t be as quick.

I play to represent God, something bigger than baseball.

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.

What I lose today I can’t make up tomorrow. I have to do it today.

What motivates me more than money are God and my family.

I’m in the gym three to four days a week, depending on how I’m feeling. With chest, legs and back being the most important parts of any athlete’s body, I try to train these on separate days with at least a day off in between.

I think the two most important parts of any athlete’s workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.

It doesn’t matter if I hit a home run. It doesn’t matter if we win a game. It doesn’t matter if I go four for four. Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that’s what it’s all about.

My wife and I love children. We have five of our own. I would ask that anyone who looks up to me would instead look up to God. I am nothing without Him. Everything I do in life and in baseball is to glorify Him.

I’m a really smart player. If you tell me something, I get it quickly. If there is something wrong with my hitting, tell me what’s wrong and I’ll pick it up right away. That’s the best thing I have going for me, my ability to listen to a coach and fix what I’m doing wrong.

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

I hope by the time that I’m done in this game, I can have half the numbers Stan Musial had in his career.

Anaheim is not like Los Angeles, where there are more people and more paparazzi. You don’t have that in Anaheim. It’s more laid-back.

Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you, so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.

It’s not how you start the season, it’s how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that’s what you play for. You don’t play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.

There is no time to fool around when you practice.
Every drill must have a purpose.
I try to never get away from thathabits are important

God is the Man, and there’s another Man, Stan ‘The Man’ Musial in St. Louis.

The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career. I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family.

I’m a teammate guy, so whatever I can do to help my team to win like I have the past two years, that’s what I want to do. If it takes for me to play first base, third base, right field, I just want to win the game.

I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That’s more important than anything I’m doing in baseball.

I like to eat Wheaties Fuel for breakfast with fresh fruit and egg whites. For lunch, I like to eat my wife’s ‘homerun chicken,’ which is chicken, rice and vegetables, and for dinner I eat grilled steak or a couple of chicken breasts with rice and vegetables. During the day, I drink OhYeah! protein shakes as a snack.

I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.

If something happens to me tomorrow, I’m going to go to Heaven, and that’s for sure because God’s promised to us in the Bible.

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.

If it weren’t for Jesus, I would not be where I am today and my life would be without purpose. I’ve heard kids say they want to be just like me when they grow up. They should know I want to be just like Jesus.

I always say God doesn’t need me, but I need Him in my life to survive in this world and over temptation. That’s Who keeps me humble every time.

There is only one El Hombre and that is Stan Musial.

My dad always supported me. Sometimes we didn’t have anything to eat for breakfast, but if we could eat lunch and dinner, we weren’t poor.

My life’s goal is to bring glory to Jesus.

St. Louis still is going to be a special place for me, whether I’m playing 3,000 miles away or 5,000 miles away.

At the end of the day, when all is said and done playing this game … it doesn’t matter what you did in the field, it’s what you do off the field and the lives that you touch off the field.

I don’t think there’s anything out there I can be afraid of.