106 Quotes by Chris Burke

The turn (for the second baseman) is definitely the toughest because your back is to the runner, and you don't really see what's going on.

It's neat. Sometimes you try to resist the temptation of thinking you've heard all the stories and tuning people out, because you'll hear some pretty unique stories. You can't believe how many people came up to me and said, 'Oh, we knew you were going to hit it.' Most people have been really great about it.

Any time you have to run a decent amount away (to field a ground ball), those plays get a lot tougher, just because it's a tougher ground ball to begin with. And then you have to make sure to try not to rush (the throw), because you want to make sure you get the first out, always.

I'm going to try to go through the same pregame workout as far as taking fly balls, ground balls, and I'm going to take BP, ... Hopefully, everything goes good (today), and I'll be available Tuesday.

I love to be able to drive down with my wife. She has Fridays off of class and we take the weekend so she can ride down with me and we get settled in our place. It gives me extra time to get out in the warm weather and get started.

I'm trying to make my way around the diamond.

I mean, the game turned into a little bit of a three-ring circus.

I'm just starting to grasp it, because these are the types of homers you always see replayed. And now one of them is mine.

I'm pretty fired up about how much I improved,