Asdrubal Cabrera Quotes

I got Neil Walker now as my new second baseman. He's great. He looks comfortable there. He knows what he's doing. That's the second baseman you want to play with.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

When you get old and play every day like I did, it's hard. Hard on your body. You start to get sore. You gain weight. But that makes me work harder, be stronger in my mind, and show I can still play.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

It's the same game. It's baseball. National League, American League. It's baseball. I just come here and try to do my thing. Do my work and help the team to win.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I'm going to do my best to help the team play hard and help the team win... I'm just coming to play baseball.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I feel like I want to be an Indian all my career.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I always try to boost everyone's spirits.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I like it, but I think second base is too boring.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I see the game too slow from second base. That's why I like to play more short.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

It's hard for a shortstop to play with a guy you don't know in the middle of the season. If you know a guy early in spring training, you're working with them.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Sure, I get tired. But it's a long season, and you've got to play no matter if you have a little injury. I'm that kind of player.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I don't spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to Florida, take my son to Disney World. But I still have my home, and my whole family lives in Venezuela.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

This game is crazy. You're up and down, up and down. When you feel good, you want to be there every time for the team.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Scouts always think they're right. They're not right all the time. They don't even know how hard it is. Most of those scouts never played baseball.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

We want to win and make a push.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I keep working hard to show people they're wrong.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

It's hard to come back and play when you've gone through surgery.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I thank those people that thought I had lost the agility to play shortstop, because they gave me more motivation.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I've really enjoyed playing this game. It's a game that I try my best to enjoy to the fullest. Without pressure. Relaxed. And that helps me when I play.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

My dad, he believed in me. My first year was hard for me. I came to the States with myself, and no one came with me.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I think that's the key for a good team, to work together like a family. It's something that I've learned over the years with the experience that I've gotten over 10 seasons.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I'm a baseball player who likes to enjoy himself and leave everything to God. He knows what'll happen.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

With my experience, I think I've earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Life is so fast. And I still remember when I came up to the big leagues and played as if it were yesterday. Time flies.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I try to be a good teammate.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Everything that happened last year stays in the past.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Sometimes I'm wrong, sometimes not. But I'm an instinctual player.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I don't want to be jumping from team to team.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

When you make the playoffs, it's like you've done your job for the team. I've got that moment in my mind all the time, and I want to be there again.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

That's everyone's motivation: to get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I try to do my best every game to help the pitchers and help my team win. That's it.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

It makes you feel good that another team wants you, but I play with my heart.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

I'm not one to put a lot of pressure on myself.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

You're not going to put up good numbers every year.

- Asdrubal Cabrera

Only facing right-handers and not left-handers is hard for me.

- Asdrubal Cabrera