When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.
— Miguel Cabrera
When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.
When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.
You play with pain. You don't think about it.
I don't worry about my age. God gave me strength and the ability to keep playing.
When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.
I think sports can help any country get together.
I want people to think of me as one of the game's greatest players.
Got to play, man. Got to play hard.
You don't know how long you can play this game, so you keep playing it until they tell you to stop.
It's a beautiful thing, baseball.
Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.
First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.
I focus on what I can do in this game. I don't have speed. I'm not a guy who can have a stolen base. I wish I could, but I can't.
Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.
I love to play in Detroit.
If I worry about what everybody is saying, there is going to be a lot on my mind. I don't want that.
You can't trust people.
When you see a guy play hard, it's kind of like you want to follow him.
If you do something every day a little, the end is going to be big.
I don't like drama.
I think baseball can bring a lot of happiness to the people and people can be together.
Detroit is part of my family and part of my life, my home.
People don't realize a lot of things about me. A lot of things, they don't know.
I learned so much from my mistakes.
God blessed me with this talent, so why would I not want to not play? I want to play every single game.
To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.
You have to respectfully listen to advice.
Days off always help. Even if people don't like it when they give you a day off, you've got to take a day off because sometimes you've got to clear your mind.
I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to swing. Everything in the strike zone, I'm going to swing. Doesn't matter if it's a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. If it's in the strike zone and it's something you like, you've got to swing.
How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?
I want to be a Tiger.
We have the great fans in Detroit. We've got a great ballpark, great stadium.
I want to do everything I can to play baseball.
My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.
I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have fun.
I try to be myself. Do anything to win games.
I always like to play. I cannot sit down and see what's going to happen, because it's boring.
I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.
I think sports can bring a lot of happiness to people.
I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.
I just try to find ways to help my team win.
I love this game. I love to have fun. You're playing a sport that you've loved since you were a kid, you get paid for it, and even if you're 0-for-20 or 0-for-30, you still have fun.
You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.
The Triple Crown, or any of that stuff, is not my focus. My focus is on winning. I just hope people can be happy with that.
If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.
It's why this sport is so great. You learn something every day. Every day, something.
We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.
I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.
