Carl Crawford Quotations

You get older and more mature ... you just kind of go with the flow.

This is totally unexpected. I thought I'd be in the NBA or the NFL. I never thought baseball. It's kind of like a surprise. I'm happy it happened.

I like to be like the old-school guys. They played hard, man, and they played from the heart. They didn't play to just get checks.

I want to develop every base of my game-stealing bases, hitting, being a better fielder.

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

I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time.

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.

Whenever I hit a ball in the gap, I'm thinking the extra bases. I never slow down. That's the only way you're going to get triples.

Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.

Listen to your parents, do your homework and listen to your teachers. Those are the real heroes.

Whatever happened in the past doesn't really matter anymore to us right now.

Nobody even mentioned the word losing, losing games. We know we've been a losing franchise. He just wanted to say something back like he's always running his mouth. That's what he does. He runs his mouth all the time. Nobody was blaming him for anything. For him to come back at me was a personal attack. I feel that if there is anything that he is unsure about, tell him I would be more than happy to say it in his face, or any kind of other way, that would make him understand.

We wanted to try and get at least one run because we knew who was coming up for them.

We're gonna have to respond to the challenge a little bit. (Ownership) is setting up the pins for us, and we have to knock them down. They're setting it up for the players, and we have to get it done.

'Madden' is all about speed, and the Falcons have it on both sides of the ball. I love playing sports games. I played my PlayStation so much, I pretty much wore it out.

Seth pitched well today. It's too bad we couldn't get the win for him, but baseball is funny like that. Especially with this team. It's tough to get zero against a team like us. Don't ask me how something like today happened.

My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I steal. And you know, every time a new game comes out, I check to make sure my speed is up to par. But to me, when you talk video games, you're talking 'Madden.'

Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas.

Obviously, if I move my wrist in a certain direction, I might feel a slight pain. But the way I'm swinging the bat, there's no pain there right now. I'll call that a step forward.

Nobody should get hit like that. A guy should have a chance to defend himself. I think that was a sucker punch, because he couldn't defend himself lying on his back.

I don't get it. I don't know why it's like that. It's almost like we're being punished for having the worst record.

If we were playing a team that wasn't in it we'd still want to win. I don't want to say we like messing up their plans. I'm not trying to stir up nothing on the other side.

Today, 65 percent of the power coming from our power plants is from the burning of natural gas.

He's been telling me little things about staying low and keeping a nice little base when I'm ready to throw. We're kind of doing the basics right now, and hopefully we can work our way up to where I can be just as fundamentally sound as he was.

He's got the same kind of passion I have. We're kind of similar in a lot of ways. That's why I think that's what brought us together, the demeanor that we have to get better, the competitive edge.

He knows what's what and what he needs to do. He just has the mind-set to be a real professional and business-like and to find where he fits in.

Last year I was trying to hit home runs too much. This year I'm going to play within the game. Whatever the game needs for us to win, that's what I'm going to do.

I saw the team we had Lou's first year and his second year. They put together a nice team. The year after that, you should be getting better, ... When I saw that we went backwards, I said: 'I don't think Lou is going to be around here too much longer.'

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.

It felt good. I hit some balls hard.

Jolly McCarty was one of my best friends. You never knew what he did because he did so much. He always worked behind the scenes, never taking credit for what he did. He was the ambassador for Merchants & Marine Bank and for our community.

The adrenaline rush is there, ... It's fun to play in front of the big crowds. It's exciting.

That would be a good thing for this organization. It would give us some kind of identity. It would be exciting. He's a fun player with a lot of energy.

That's the most painful triple I ever had to earn. It still hurts.

You just want the first pitch you can get the bat on. You do what you can do with it.

We've got some power, we've got some speed. We've got a few guys who can do whatever the team needs situation-wise.

We have bigger things on our mind than just Boston. We want to win some games.

Yeah, that'll just have to take care of itself, ... I'll just have to go out there and play, don't try to do nothing different and just see what happens.

We were kind of expecting it, but we didn't know when.

We're not exaggerating at all, it's definitely a different feeling. It's a little more comfortable. Things were more intense last year. Guys seem more comfortable about what they're doing on a day-to-day basis. It's a more relaxed atmosphere. It makes things easier to operate.

Today was the last day I was tracking against live pitching. Even though I don't think I would have swung anyway.

We would do start-up testing in 2014 or 2015.

We watch so much film, calling up pitch by pitch, count by count in order to spot tendencies. Technology is a big part of how I get ready for a game. What's funny is a lot of the NFL guys say they study the 'Madden' game; that's how they learn to read offenses and defenses.

We all want to be measured up in this division and see where we stand. We'll have a good idea after this road trip.

Those two (teams) will always be the measuring stick. I like playing on the road, period, and being around the big-time atmosphere. It definitely brings out the best in you. Something about it is almost electric.

We talk way beyond baseball. When it comes to life experiences, I go to him for that. When it comes to baseball, he talks to me. We kind of swap information.

We just want to go out and play baseball. We don't want to have to worry about this kind of thing. Hopefully that's the end of it on the field.

We missed him last year. I know he wasn't happy about not being able to play.

You feel so many good vibes around here now. It's so fresh that it's hard to believe, but they are doing a good job getting the vibe out of last year. By the end of the year, we won't remember those old days.

(Washburn) shouldn't cry about it; he should take it for what it is. Do it the right way, ... He got the win, and that's the only thing he should be worried about. That's a selfish act to be worried about his ERA after he's already got the win.

Everything is still positive. Everybody's still having fun.

Everything seems so positive around here. You want to see where this new positive way will take us. It's time to get back in the groove so we can start this season off with a bang.

Baseball's funny like that. Don't ask me how something like that happens.

I understood. He got the point across, ... But that's OK. I'm a football guy. I'm used to a guy being up in my face. It motivates me. I don't take it personally.

The thing about this team is that no matter who's in the lineup, this is the kind of team that's not going to miss a beat offensively.

Add a few ingredients and maybe we can be the Cleveland Indians next year.

A nice solid number to reach a nice little milestone,

You never want to disappoint that many people who came to watch us play. That's what I'm really worried about. That's why I'm hating we didn't get the win.

They make you raise your eyebrows when you understand how hard they are to get to.

They got tired of people asking why they can't win against us. They tried to bury us early and just did what they had to do.

There's always room for improvement. That's why I keep coming back.

It's just one of of those things you have to program yourself to not worry about. It's no reason to jump on our starting pitchers. We just have to go out and score more runs.

I took some aggressive hacks and it felt fine. I couldn't ask for nothing better.

I try to catch Vick whenever I can, ... He's somebody I'll watch every Sunday, or I'll pay to watch.

It was the most painful triple I've ever got.

It was a real good day. It felt fine, no pain or nothing. I'm more up to speed than I thought I was.

It's not like it caught us off-guard. We knew it ws a possibility it was going to happen. You hate to see the way the whole deal worked out.

It's not too bad because it's still early in the year. It's not like it's in September.

It showed it had a lot of speed.

Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.

Not the way he was pitching. Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.

It's cool, because we never had that feeling around here. So it feels great. Now we just want to keep pushing and keep the momentum going.

It's been good. That's the thing we didn't have last year, the little fundamentals and stuff like that. I feel like it's to the point where I love coming to the field every day because I'm learning something new. And that's a good feeling.

It looked like he was just trying to get his rhythm in the first inning.

It's hard to deal with right now, ... It's been hurting for a while.

It's cool. He can get back in the swing of things, and we can get out there and do our thing together.

It was a hard cutter in, and I just tried to fight it off.

It was just one of those games. It didn't matter what (Waechter) did. The way they came out, it was going to happen to whoever pitched.

Once I found out it was a bone bruise and it takes four to six months to heal, then I was fine with that. It's only been four months, and it's definitely gotten better. ... I just have to be patient and wait for it to heal. I mean, if the season was going to start today, I'd wind up playing. It's not one of those things where I'm going to be out. If we had to play a game today, I'd be ready.

That's a lot of bags. That will never happen again. Pitchers are holding runners on way better. They're paying a lot of attention to us with slide step and all. I don't think anybody's going to get 100 bags (in a season) again.

I'm glad to see him back out there pitching, ... I was mostly scared for his health. He is important to their team. You hate to see somebody go down like that.

I just want to come in and be myself, you know. And that means go out and play hard every day. Try to help the team win games. When you say a leader, you usually think about somebody whose standing in the middle of the room telling everybody stuff. I don't know if I'll be that person, but I'll definitely try to lead by the way I'm playing on the field or by the way I carry myself on and off the field, the way I get ready to play the games every day.

I just came out wanting to battle and do what I normally do and play hard until the last inning.

I like the 4,000 hits. That's the one that gets me. That's a lot of hits. That's the most eye-popping record to me besides the home run record. You ask anybody who plays the game, that's a nice record to have. The most hits ever?

I'm looking forward to it. I'm a little antsy right now. I just have to make sure I just keep at the pace everyone wants me to go at and go from there.

I'm trying to be more selective and getting pitches to drive. I'm also trying to catch pitches out front more, ... Once I have somebody teach how to do that consistently, I won't have to pull my home runs all the time. And that's when my numbers will go up more.

I just think the second half came. Guys were trying to put up numbers, to be honest with you. Guys trying to get jobs for next year and play well so they can try to solidify their place in the lineup for next year, pretty much. That's what had a big thing to do with the way we started playing.

He stayed in there and worked hard and finally got his shot, that's what inspired me. I was impressed with the way he handled his whole situation. Never complaining about stuff, never saying if this would have went this way, this would have happened. He said this is the way it is.

He's stressing the little things this year. It's fine with me because I needed to put that into my game. Joe's the kind of guy that he's cool enough that if he suggests something, then you listen and roll with it because you know it's best for the team.

I don't know. I was in the clubhouse. I would have liked to been there.

I called it a step (in the right direction). When I was hitting. and the coaches were pitching, I was feeling no pain.

He's in one of those situations where you just have to go through it, man. You just have to go through the punishment and move on.

He almost got me, he just missed. So that's why I say I wouldn't have been swinging anyway.

All we hear is Vince saying that he is not leaving anytime soon, ... We don't know what to believe. I really don't think guys are thinking about it too much. We're just kind of in limbo. We're just waiting to see what happens. It sounds like it's going to be a wild offseason.