Sammy Sosa Quotations

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more.

I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportunity in life.

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.

I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.

It's always an honor to represent your country.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.

People were talking (stuff), knowing nothing. They don't know I feel. Why am I going to be hiding from Chicago? For what? That I'm scared? Never.

I feel pain but not that much pain, ... It was right under the nail and right in the middle. That's where the pain is. It's something I've got to deal with.

I want to thank you all for making the signs,

My problem has been my feet and that's difficult for any hitter to overcome.  I've played with a lot of pain this year but I haven't told anybody. It's not an excuse. But it has hurt. I have to talk now because it's been troubling me.

I thought it had enough to go out of the ballpark,

Those are some of the best players ever to play the game, ... It's not a record that's easy to attain.

Everything I have heard about steroids and human growth hormones is that they are very bad for you.

There's nothing to talk about. I hit it pretty hard, but that's the way it is.

Sometimes there were days we didn't speak but that doesn't mean we're not friends, ... Sometimes in a long season you're just not in the mood to speak.

You never know what can happen. We both have a lot of chances to break it. I'm not thinking about breaking it.

This is our time. This is our chance to win the division.

At first I thought sixty-one was something special. The sixty-one was something that reminded me of Mark. He hit sixty-one and sixty-two against us. Then I got sixty-two. It was something unbelievable. I couldn't believe what I was doing. I couldn't believe what was happening.

It really shocked (me) and breaks my heart. The quicker we can resolve this problem, which is bad for kids (the better).

It's got to happen, ... We've been scuffling a little bit. When you come here and play against a team that's playing good baseball and fight for it and win, it's a good feeling.

Everyone knows that what happened to me is great, but at the other side I care about winning. I care about the team and the situation right now.

I want to tell the fans I loved playing there and that it's a beautiful city,

I'm not going to Japan, ... I don't need to go to Japan. I want to play here and get 600 home runs. Next year I know I will be better.

I'm not frustrated. I go out there and try to do the things that I have to do every day, work hard at everything. I'm in a different league and everybody who's played this game sometimes has got to go through tough times, and now it's happening to me. So I've got to deal with it.

I'm not even thinking about passing McGwire. The season will be over September twenty-seventh. Mark will go home, and I will go to the playoffs.

I'm real happy my name is in the record book, but it means nothing because we lost.

I'm not thinking about that, but I'm not going to lie to you - I'm having a good time.

I didn't have the season that I wanted to have because I changed leagues and had a lot of adjustments to make, ... I know that's not an excuse.

If I'm available, of course I'm going to play, ... I know how to play. I know it has not been one of the more beautiful years I've had in my career. You have to keep fighting.

A hit is a hit, ... any time.

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.

It's going to be unbelievable, you know. There's going to be a lot of people cheering for Mark McGwire and me. And, hey, we'll see how it goes.

I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time. People will now remember two guys, Hack Wilson and myself, and the season is not over yet.

Right now what's in my mind is going up there and being disciplined. I was swinging at so many pitches out of the strike zone, and when you do that, you're not going to get a chance to hit strikes. It makes it easier for the pitcher every time I do that.

Mark (McGwire), you know I love you. It's been unbelievable. I wish you could be here with me today. I know you are watching me and I know you have the same feelings for me as I have for you in my heart.

I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything. I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic. I have been tested as recently as 2004, and I am clean.

He (Roberto Clemente) is a hero to me.

Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.

Mark (McGwire) is the man.

They can say whatever they want to say, but it is going to be hard, my friend, to duplicate me.

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.

Yes, I'm the real Sammy Sosa, and this is my Pinterest,