Curtis Granderson Quotes

There's nobody on my ball club that doesn't go from first to third on a base hit, or from second to home. Every time you steal a base, you're taking a gamble on getting thrown out, and taking the bat out of the hitter's hand.

I'd rather lose a game trying to win it, than lose it trying not to get beat

You can't expect our opponents to play cautiously.

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that's just how I've always done it.

If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me.

I like to play aggressively, and it just lets me go for even more shots.

I like to have an attacking style on both ends.

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

It's a conscious effort for me to be aggressive and take what the defense gives you.

I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.

I'm comfortable playing aggressively.

I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.

You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game.

Every time I step in between those lines, I'm in the zone. If you get between me and the ball, you might get smashed a couple times. Things happen, plays happen.

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's hesitation about coming across the bag at second or about standing in there awaiting a throw to make a tag. There are only 27 outs in a ballgame, and it was my job to save one for my team every time I possibly could.

I'm with Houston now. I just have to come in here and play hard and win games.

You can not achieve success without the risk of failure. If you are not afraid to fail, than you have a chance, but you are never going to get there unless you risk it.

I'd rather just stay quiet and play the game. Winning is hard enough as it is.