I'm going to be someone who smiles and brings joy to the locker room and to the field.
— Mookie Betts
I think my senior year in high school was when I started wearing Jordans. It was our team rule that we had to play in them so that's when I got - not introduced to them, but got into it. Through the minors I started collecting some, just to wear, and that's when I told myself I want to become a Jordan athlete and did all I could to do it.
My personal style definitely developed over time. I thought I used to look good in a T-shirt and jeans and a decent pair of shoes. Now versatility is key for me.
Sports is just something I have a knack to figure out how to play.
Obviously, you're going to have your ups and your downs, but the more ups I can have and the quicker the downs are, the better I'll be.
We play to win the World Series, and that's our goal.
I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.
I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country radio station or anything.
Just to be able to put on the uniform in general is a blessing, and when it says Red Sox on it, it makes it that much better.
It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'
However it is I get on base, or whatever happens, happens.
The great hitters use the whole field, and that's a goal of mine.
I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.
Having fun is definitely how you're going to keep yourself loose, and be at your best.
I think a lot of times you start to second-guess yourself, especially as a young player, but you've got to have confidence that everything will be all right.
I want to play every day and help the team get to where we want to be.
My favorite TV show is probably 'Power.'
I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.
I was born into wearing hats - it's a family thing - and I wear hats all the time.
You make a 2-10 split pretty often when you bowl as much as I do.
Everything I played, I kind of found a way to be pretty good at. My mom always said, 'If you're not good at something, then don't do it.'
Yeah, there's always room for improvement.
I just want to put on a uniform - whoever it is.
I guess bowling is pretty mechanical. It's kind of a natural motion, but you have to stick within those mechanics.
Precision matters, breh.
Contract things are kind of tough to come up with, especially with both sides and kind of how the economics and all those things work.
She's always been there for me through anything, I can think of many school projects I had to do and I would say, 'Mom, can you help me.' She would help me write a paper or make a poster. She's just been that kind of mom. No matter what, she makes sure I'm alright and I thank her for that.
My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.
The pitcher is in trouble, not me. He has to throw it over the plate and I have to put a good swing on it.
I think I've tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.
As I continue to learn, I'll continue to do different things.
I'm 5-foot-9, 180 pounds. I don't have much else to work with, so I just try to use my bat speed and get the most out of what I've got.
I just go out and do what I can to help the team win, try and be consistent in having some good at-bats and getting some timely hits and whatnot.
It's OK for two sides to disagree. It's perfectly fine. It's normal.
I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.
I can pull off a range of outfits from nice, edgy suits to more rugged, casual looks. Your look one day can be totally different than the next day, and for me, it's all about owning that.
Obviously, I'm coordinated and whatnot.
I love Boston.
I just try to do whatever I can to win the game.
I wouldn't say I'm a commodity. I try not to think about it too much.
I always listen to music.
I think the most important thing is that World Series.
You see all the greats, people who were idols of mine growing up. You see those guys on the cover of video games.
You don't criticize or critique your teammates if they're having a hard time. You try to encourage them just like you hope that they'll encourage you.
You never want to lose a strength, but I've also got to try and be a complete hitter.
I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I just do what I do and have fun.
I think when you're stressing, or worried about your performance, worrying about this and worrying about that, that's when things start to get tough and you're not enjoying it anymore and it becomes a job. Although it is our job to play, still you have to understand that it's a game and you have to enjoy it.
I'm playing for the Red Sox, and I don't think there's anybody out here who's going to intentionally hurt you. So you listen to information, and you kind of filter what you like and take out what you don't.
You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.
Orange is the New Black' - oh my gosh. That is a great TV show.
