Christian Yelich Quotes

Christian Yelich

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 5, 1991

Once you've had success, I think you can go one of two ways. You can either have that success and go downhill, or you can use it to build off of it and continue going upward.

Christian Yelich

Being a baseball player is most important, first and foremost. Obviously, there are other obligations that come with everything. You just need to balance it and take it in stride, but at the same time, be mindful of your time and prioritize everything and what is most beneficial.

Christian Yelich

You realize it's a business and that teams are going to do what's best for them. That's how it is. That's what we sign up for as a Major League Baseball player.

Christian Yelich

Everyone wants to pencil you in as the kind of player that you're going to be after a few years in the big leagues. When you're still really young, they think that's what you're going to be forever.

Christian Yelich

The win is the biggest thing.

Christian Yelich

Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.

Christian Yelich

One game at a time - just win one game at a time.

Christian Yelich

I'm really thankful for the opportunity the Marlins gave me. They drafted me in 2010 and gave me a chance to play in the big leagues. I made lifelong friends there, and I've got a lot of great memories.

Christian Yelich

I tell it how it is. I'm laid back.

Christian Yelich

You only have such a short time to play baseball in your career. Whether you play for five years or 15 years, it's a short time in your life, and I think everybody wants to win.

Christian Yelich

It's frustrating when you're not getting the job done.

Christian Yelich

You learn yourself, as a player, what you can handle at the plate, what you can't.

Christian Yelich

All I can do is keep going out there and playing hard, and whatever happens happens.

Christian Yelich

At the end of the day, when you're trying to do good, that's all that matters. Whether it's in a different aspect than in the N.B.A. or N.F.L., you should use your platform for good.

Christian Yelich

I think expectations are a good thing. As a player, you should embrace them and not shy away from them.

Christian Yelich

Any time you can have an impact on anybody's life in a positive direction, to bring happiness to the community or a certain group of people, you don't take that lightly as a team, as a player.

Christian Yelich

It's always nice to be honored among your peers.

Christian Yelich

Miami will always be special to me.

Christian Yelich

I don't like to guess. Just react. Some guys are guess hitters. I just could never do it. If you guess and guess wrong, you have no shot of hitting anything else.

Christian Yelich

You want to get everything out of this game. You want to experience as much of it as there is to offer, because you never how long you're going to get to do it. It's short.

Christian Yelich