10 Quotes by Kent Hrbek

The people of Minnesota are missing an icon. Paul Bunyan was big. Puck's as big as Paul Bunyan around here.

The only person who tells me what to do now is my wife. T.K. (manager Tom Kelly) can't tell me to bunt. The coaches can't tell me what to do. The only person I take orders from is my wife. She told me to cut the lawn today. So I cut the lawn.

When things aren't going well, sometimes it's tough to go to the ballpark. But when you'd walk into the park and Puck was there, you'd have to smile. When he was in a room, he brightened it.

He covered up by saying 'don't worry about me'. But . . . it hurt him deeply. It seemed like Kirby was a different person. Something was just not right.

I think the biggest thing I remember was there are so many animals in this state named Kirby, and if somebody had a cow or a horse, they named it Herbie. I was always second fiddle to Puck, and I loved every minute of it.

I think I can speak for my teammates and for you fans that we all feel that we were the luckiest people on the planet to get to play and watch Kirby Puckett.

Puck's been a fighter and a game-winner all his life. This sounds like a tough row to hoe now.

It's a tough thing to see a guy go through something like that. That's what really hurt him bad, when he was forced out of the game.. I don't know if he ever recovered from it.

It?s a tough thing to see a guy go through something like that and come to this extent.