56 Quotes by Matt Kemp

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I'm wearing look good.

Beast Mode doesnt make excuses. It doesnt complain. Whatever youre doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

I’ve pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

One of the things I’ve done is tell myself I can’t let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

I don’t do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it’s important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

If I’m in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game’s over. Work doesn’t come inside with me. Same thing in reverse – I don’t bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier.