Billy Butler Quotes

K.C. and the Bay Area are opposites.

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I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

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The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.

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Winning is definitely contagious.

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The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.

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I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.

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That's the thing about pinch-hitting - you usually have a chance to make a difference in the game.

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We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?'

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My nickname is 100 percent fan-based. It's not like one day I said, 'Hey, I want to be named Country Breakfast.'

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You have so many at-bats, and obviously if you go three out of 10, you're doing well for the season, so you try to forget every at-bat you have that's not a good one and try to stay positive.

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I have been an everyday player my whole career.

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I've always been happy playing in Kansas City.

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Kansas City is just a great place. I love the fans.

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I love everything about Kansas City.

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If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.

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I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.

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I wasn't going to be drafted to steal bases at 18.

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My track record speaks for itself.

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I definitely enjoy my barbecue.

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You see certain guys enough, and you recognize pitches and stuff. Some guys you see better than others.

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If I could be half of what Mike Sweeney was, I'll be happy with it.

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I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to just be mediocre.

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When the game starts, you don't really look at uniforms.

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When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really good slider or a really good fastball.

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Being a major-league baseball player is tough, so whenever you say 'face of the franchise,' I'm not trying to be that.

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There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.

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You have to work hard each day and try to figure out what's going on and try to get better each day.

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I hit balls hard on the ground, and sometimes they are double plays. Other times, you hit it hard, and it's right through a hole.

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I'll always be forever tied to the Royals organization and the community there.

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I want to be a guy the Royals build their team around.

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That - 2012 - was definitely my best year, and sometimes it's hard to replicate that.

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You can't really explain why things happen.

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I want the pitcher to know he can't take a pitch off, or I'm going to damage him.

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I'm a redneck.

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When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.

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Even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference.

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The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

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You're only as good as what you've been. You can't rely on the past.

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Once you have come-from-behind wins, you have confidence as a team that you're going to do it.

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It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.

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I'm not here to be mediocre.

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You get a new year, you get a new start, you get a new opportunity.

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I've always had a bigger body, even when I was 18.

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You always expect to hit for more power.

- Billy Butler