Jason Giambi
As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.Collection: Failure
No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.
I'm still playing the game, having a great time.
I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.
This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.
You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.
The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.
I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at.
I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.
I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.
Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.Collection: Inspirational
We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.Collection: Should Have
Unfortunately, the rumors are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.Collection: Baseball
I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.Collection: Thinking
Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.Collection: Games
How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.Collection: Baseball
I'm too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.Collection: Fun
People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?Collection: Baseball
What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'Collection: Mistake