Beltre Quotes

#1. Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.

Bill Watterson

#2. Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

Jodie Foster

#3. I have to get better, but I can't change the way I play.

Adrian Beltre

#4. I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

Adrian Beltre

#5. I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.

Jason Mraz

#6. I don't want to become obsessed with work or money or change any of the values I have now. I don't have reason to believe that I ever should change, as much as I have this feeling of urgency to pursue my dreams ...

Tanya Kimberly Orme

#7. 2004 has to be my year. No more excuses.

Adrian Beltre

#8. Never love with all your heart, It only ends in aching.

Countee Cullen

#9. But the Twins opened the fifth with their second and third hits, and Beltre helped Hernandez by taking his bullet throw for a force at third on a bunt try. I felt it, ... My only worry was that he didn't throw me a sinker. He threw hard, but a good fastball.

Adrian Beltre

#10. All this cut-price transcendentalism does not prevent California from being a startlingly physical state. This becomes most obvious where Los Angeles saunters down to the sea. The region is called Venice.

Quentin Crisp

#11. Women without prospect, who lead dull earnest lives and rejoice in their petty little pseudo-pleasures, I find quite depressing and despicable.

Sei Shonagon

#12. When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch.

Adrian Beltre

#13. I love hitting-that's my favorite part of the game.

Adrian Beltre

#14. Byrd has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a lot of strikes, worked it inside and out, threw breaking balls for strikes behind in the count.

Adrian Beltre

#15. I'm confident, but not so confident that I'm cocky.

Adrian Beltre

#16. I'll miss all my teammates. I'll miss Elvis (Andrus) and (Adrian) Beltre, Mitch (Moreland), Matt Harrison and [manager Ron] Washington. To be honest with you, I hope they go 0-162. I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they lose their ass.

Ian Kinsler

#17. I don't like to play slow or softly. I like to play hard. Always.

Adrian Beltre

#18. I'm an immigrant myself. I'd probably support it, but I can't do much.

Adrian Beltre

#19. I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.

Adrian Beltre

#20. I want to be consistent from the first day of the season to the last.

Adrian Beltre

#21. I work hard on my defense. It's something I take pride in, but it's nothing that I want to brag about. It's part of my game.

Adrian Beltre