Rafael Palmeiro Quotes

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It's a mindset.

I've always liked big challenges in football and playing against the best.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

I'm a football player. I believe I'm just as tough as anybody else. I try not to play like a wide receiver.

I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.

Once you get out there and start playing basketball, whether the NBA or college or whatever arena you are playing in or who you are playing in front of, the juices start going, and you want to just go out there and play to the best of your abilities.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

I knew I was in charge when with the ball. But on the toughest defenders I faced, I would say that my African brothers were the ones. We have the same mentality and thought the same way. Osei Kuffour was the toughest of them all.

I pride myself on defending and rebounding.

Everything was really competitive. We used to always do field day, relays. Races. I was always just naturally good at those things. So when I started playing football, I used some of those traits.

I've learned that football is a stupid sport for intelligent people because the simplest things are truly also the most difficult to get right.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.

I'm excited about getting the opportunity to show people that I can play defense.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.