Top 60 Mookie Betts Quotes

I always listen to music.

Precision matters, breh.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That’s the hard part. Since I don’t bowl all the time I’m not consistent with my mechanics.

In order to be great you have to continue to put in the work.

Some people kind of get lost in what everyone else is doing and not pay attention to themselves, and I think I’m one where I pay attention to myself and can set the example for the people coming up.

I wouldn’t say I’m a commodity. I try not to think about it too much.

Every year you go in and you obviously want to win a World Series, at least make the playoffs.

I just want to put on a uniform – whoever it is.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that’s OK.

I’m not a big country guy even though I’m from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn’t turn on a country radio station or anything.

I’ve been playing golf for a little while and I can’t get over the 85 hump. It doesn’t matter how good or bad I shoot on one side, I’m going to end up around 85.

This game is obviously about failure. You’re going to fail most of the time. It’s how you handle it.

I’m playing for the Red Sox, and I don’t think there’s anybody out here who’s going to intentionally hurt you. So you listen to information, and you kind of filter what you like and take out what you don’t.

Whatever the team takes, whatever it needs, I try to fill that role.

Sports is just something I have a knack to figure out how to play.

The pitcher is in trouble, not me. He has to throw it over the plate and I have to put a good swing on it.

Just because you go to free agency doesn’t mean you don’t want to be somewhere. It’s just a part of the business.

When you’re down, are you going to be mentally down and make it last longer, or are you going to stay positive, keep an even keel?

I don’t hit home runs in BP.

I’ve been blessed with everything I have, and I might as well share it.

You score runs to win games. That’s how you do it.

I want to be a great role model to let the kids, especially black kids, that it’s possible to make it in this sport. I think we, as a black community, quit playing the game because we think it’s a white man’s sport. Or we think that since other black people don’t play it, so why should I play it.

I think a lot of times you start to second-guess yourself, especially as a young player, but you’ve got to have confidence that everything will be all right.

You don’t criticize or critique your teammates if they’re having a hard time. You try to encourage them just like you hope that they’ll encourage you.

I don’t want to put any pressure on myself. I just do what I do and have fun.

The great hitters use the whole field, and that’s a goal of mine.

I think when you’re stressing, or worried about your performance, worrying about this and worrying about that, that’s when things start to get tough and you’re not enjoying it anymore and it becomes a job. Although it is our job to play, still you have to understand that it’s a game and you have to enjoy it.

I think people don’t enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, ‘Make baseball fun again.’ Well, I’m trying.

You make a 2-10 split pretty often when you bowl as much as I do.

My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.

Not every year is going to be the same and you just kind of have to just roll with the punches.

Pretty much all bowlers are nice dudes.

I love Boston.

I can’t speak on anybody else’s free agencies, how that’s going, but for myself, it helps to kind of be patient and let it happen.

Having fun is definitely how you’re going to keep yourself loose, and be at your best.

I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.

My favorite TV show is probably ‘Power.’

I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we’re hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.

Yeah, there’s always room for improvement.

Every game I’m out there, we’re all trying to affect the game in some way.

I learned from my dad and my mom somebody should only have to tell you once. Whether it’s me getting in trouble, they said I should only have to tell you once. I’ve kind of took that and made that for all aspects.

R.B.I.’ is such a playable game. You can pick the game up and play right away without a crazy long learning curve, and that’s important for the casual fan and gamer.

She’s always been there for me through anything, I can think of many school projects I had to do and I would say, ‘Mom, can you help me.’ She would help me write a paper or make a poster. She’s just been that kind of mom. No matter what, she makes sure I’m alright and I thank her for that.

Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball… These are just some of the reasons kids would always say they want to grow up to be just like Derek Jeter.

I can pull off a range of outfits from nice, edgy suits to more rugged, casual looks. Your look one day can be totally different than the next day, and for me, it’s all about owning that.

However it is I get on base, or whatever happens, happens.

Obviously, I’m coordinated and whatnot.

My personal style definitely developed over time. I thought I used to look good in a T-shirt and jeans and a decent pair of shoes. Now versatility is key for me.

As a whole, when it comes to business in general, whether it’s buying a building or contract negotiations or whatever it is, you have to take emotions out of it. That’s what people forget.

I guess bowling is pretty mechanical. It’s kind of a natural motion, but you have to stick within those mechanics.

I just want to be that role model that the kids can look up to, and say, ‘I want to be like him. I want to be just like Mookie Betts.’

I see myself as the product of hard work.

I have no idea what it is about bowling. It’s just a love I have for it. I can’t even explain why. Bowling is just fun for me.

I grew up in bowling alleys.

As I continue to learn, I’ll continue to do different things.

I’m confident in my abilities and confident to know what kind of player I am. I’ve also been educated on the business side of it, getting your value.

You don’t want to sell yourself short.

You can put me on a plane now and I can go anywhere and just by talking having one or two conversations I can have an idea where I am in the U.S. or whatever.

I think I’ve tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.

I’m just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that’s stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.