PABLO SANDOVAL

I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.

You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

I feel good not just physically but as a person because I know I accomplished my goal, which everybody said I couldn't do in Venezuela.

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

I am not taking anything for granted.

When you do some things in baseball in the city where you grow up and then you come back on a second opportunity, it's special.

I just do my work, try to do everything I can. I don't weigh in all offseason. I just try to get better, be in better position, be an athlete.

I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.

You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.

If you don't have good people around you, it's going to be the worst thing for you.

It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.

The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.

During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.

It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player.

The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.

Tell you the truth, the night before, I don't sleep. It's exciting to be in postseason, you fight one-hitter 62 games, you make it.

We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.

I'm happy. I learned. I learned from my mistakes. But when you learn, you see all the results; you look more mature, and you put all the pieces together.

I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.

I wanted to show my maturity. The criticism I got made me grow up. It motivated me.

I wanted to come back with the team I grew up with.

When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.