127 Quotes by Albert Pujols

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

I figure if he's going to use me, he's going to use me when he needs me. And that's what he did. In a key situation, for a game-winning RBI or to tie the game, or something like that. that's it. I just wanted to make sure I was ready.

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.

If I hurt myself, it's part of the game. I get paid to play. I don't get paid to sit out.

St. Louis is still a special place for me. I still have my home there. I live there in the offseason. I enjoyed playing in front of 40,000 people every day. I tried to do my best to help the organization win. I had success there. We won two World Series. We went to three. That's something you can't take from me.

It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.

Anaheim is not like Los Angeles, where there are more people and more paparazzi. You don't have that in Anaheim. It's more laid-back.

He means as much as Roberto Clemente does to Latin people. Thank God I had the opportunity to know him. I wish my kids had the opportunity to be around him, because that's how I want my kids to live their lives. I want them to be like Stan Musial. Not the baseball player. The person. That's the respect I have for that man.

I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.