ANTHONY RENDON

That's what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I'm lackadaisical out there, like I'm not really paying attention. If I'm always tense, I'm going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.

We have our great days and our bad days. No matter what bad day I go through or strike out four times in a row, I still want to have that great attitude and go after the game and go talk to the kids and not worry about the game and let them know that this is what matters.

My parents are people who like to stay to themselves. They're quiet. They raised me not to be boastful about anything we do.

I'm a firm believer in Jesus, that he died for our sins. That's something I want to stand for. I want to share that to the world. That's what we're called to do.

It's not easy to make the playoffs, and I think a lot of people overlook that. They think it's a piece of cake, but it's definitely not.

I'm not a fan of people coming in the clubhouse.

I want to be known as a Christian baseball player and I'm still trying to grow into that. But in the end, I want to be more Christian than baseball player.

That's part of the game. People go through slumps.

If we can, like, be in the backyard playing baseball, I'd be the happiest kid in the world.

I didn't like the attention and that's what's awesome about Rice. I would go to class, walk around campus and do my thing. No one even noticed who I was.

Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in your hometown, I don't think you could have planned that.

This game doesn't define who I am as a person.

It was hard because every kid from high school wants a chance to make the jump to the minors to see what they can do. But in the end, it wasn't difficult for me because I wanted to come to Rice. I could learn a lot more by coming here.

I care about my future, of course, but whatever happens, happens.

Baseball is what I always wanted to do with my life.

I have a good understanding that baseball is not the most important thing in the world, but at the same time you want to get a hit.

You just can't label one player as an MVP. There are nine guys on the field.

I just want to be in the lineup. If I'm on that lineup card I'm happy.

People treat us and they put us on this pedestal like we're so much better human beings than them because we play a professional sport.

If it was up to us every single day, then we would all have a perfect life, but stuff happens, but it's an imperfect world.

I'm not a fan of everyone treating you different because you play a sport.

I don't watch baseball - it's too long and boring.

You're not going to win a division, you're not going to win personal stats, titles, whatever, in the first month of the season.

As a human, yeah, it's awesome. You grow up and you are in Little League, and you want to make the all-star team; you go to college, and you want to make the all-star team. So any normal person would want to do it on the biggest stage and highest level. And I'm a normal person. I haven't changed there.

It's definitely tough seeing your city be devastated. People always give it the most attention when it's actually happening, but then they're not around for all of the relief and all of the rebuilding.