26 Quotes by Bret Boone

I'm not like Ichiro. I don't polish my glove every day,

I'm getting a little of the hunger to play ball back,

I'm prepared for this; I know what it will take, because I've had a weird career full of ups and downs.

I look at this as a tremendous opportunity. Last year was a season I'd like to forget. The Mets have given me a chance to revive my career and I plan to make the most of it.

I know I have something left, ... And I know talk is cheap. As long as the idea is burning in my mind and it is that I can still play, I've got to do it. But I can't just show up and assume all of what I had is still there.

I have to show I have regained the form I had a couple of years ago. If I can't play like an All-Star then I'm not going to play. If I can't play at the level I am accustomed to I won't be here. I will go home.

I played this game too long and did a lot of good things to go out like that. I played my way out and I didn't want to go out that way. I wanted to go out on my own terms.

He's a pain-in-the-neck when he's on. He can throw his fastball at 97 (mph) and slider at 92, but gets in trouble with his control. He has to throw strikes.