“I was stronger than Robinson Cano is, but he consistently strikes the ...” — Gabe Kapler Quote

“I was stronger than Robinson Cano is, but he consistently strikes the baseball with substantially more force than I did.”

“I am extremely connected to and proud of who I am culturally, where I come from, my parents and their parents.”

“The stress of not allowing yourself life's guilty pleasures from time to time is as unhealthy as the act of indulging.”

“Pete Rose inspired my style of play, but should not be in the Hall of Fame.”

“Historically, baseball has used the 60-yard dash to measure speed. In the most trivial way, this makes sense. This measurement, however, doesn't tell us much about baseball speed.”

“So for me, my vice and big challenge is coffee intake. I drink black, organic coffee, but I drink way too much.”

“I want to be happy. I want to enjoy playing baseball.”

“I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's my last day ever playing it. I do like football, but you've got to respect that it's not like baseball.”

“Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.”

“I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.”

“Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.”

“That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.”