144 Quotes by Chipper Jones

I'm seeing the ball real well, and when I get a pitch to hit I'm not missing it, ... With the emergence of Andruw as an MVP candidate this year, guys are coming at me, making me earn my way on base. That's what I want to do.

There are a lot of egos in the clubhouse. For us to be successful, we have to put those egos aside and become good teammates and play the game the way we grew up playing it, pull for each other and genuinely be happy for each other.

If I were to look at it objectively, I'd probably favor other teams as well. But there's something about this clubhouse and this uniform. We walk out on the field and expect to win. I know other teams walk out on the field and they're hoping to win. And there's a big difference. We expect to win. It's not going to be any different this year. If we don't win this division, everyone in this clubhouse will be shocked.

When you come up in the (Atlanta) system, the thing on your mind is that you don't want to be part of the group that ends the (Braves') streak.

We're not coming out here to go home after the first round. That would be a supreme disappointment.

I had more butterflies today than any playoff game or other game I've ever been in. And I wasn't even starting. I was just hoping those guys could get a cushy lead before they let me in there to mess it up.

Old men need a little rest. We need to get some of these young guys off the bench.

I'm very impressed. I've been wanting to go over to Japan for a long time to play on the All-Star tour. Everybody tells me they usually kick our butts when we go over there. So major league-caliber baseball is played over in Japan, too.

Nobody in here was saying it was a fluke. We all know he can do it. He got off to a horrible start last year and still bounced back and had a great season.