100 Quotes by Joey Votto

I want to be excellent at my craft.

I have been very fortunate to see some very clearly excellent players play well to the very ends of their career, where they opted not to play anymore. I'm talking about Adrian Beltre. I'm talking about Torii Hunter. I'm talking about David Ortiz, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter. These are players who decided, 'You know, I've had enough. That's good.'

I appreciate some of the attention and the accolades, but I typically shy away from it.

Each and every day, I think about the importance of earning my paycheck and playing well.

Randy Johnson had a tell. If he thought you knew what was coming, he would hit you. So that was his tell. That's probably, that's a tell. That's a tell from Randy Johnson. He'd hit you, happily.

I came out of a Canadian high school where the hardest people were throwing was in the 70-mph range - 70-75 mph, maybe. I found that getting to pro ball was overwhelming.

I think that I've proven when healthy that I'm a healthy part of the team.

I'm part of the entertainment industry.

I come into camp every year with the hope and expectation of playing every game I'm available, every game that is available to me.