Giancarlo Stanton Quotes

You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

My family loves Mark McGwire.

I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac, or Paul Bunyan in Cardinals red with a white-ash bat instead of an ax.

Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the great homer year with Mark McGwire in '98. But I followed it, and I was proud of him because he was my countryman. There are a lot of great ballplayers from the Dominican, and he's one of the best.

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

I'd love to play in a Red Sox game. It would be so awesome to actually walk out on the field and play, just for one inning. I'd also steal everything I could get my hands on in the clubhouse, which is why they won't let me do it.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I'm a big baseball fan, and I love the Cards.

To put on the pinstripe - it's extraordinary. Just being able to play one game with the Yankees is quite an honor.

My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.

Maybe in another life, I wanna be Aaron Judge.

I could have been the next Babe Ruth. No doubt about it.

Mark (McGwire) is the man.

I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.

Barry Bonds in the news. Yesterday Barry Bonds' agent said that Bonds could hit as many as 1,000 home runs. And the agent admitted he's on more drugs than Barry Bonds.

I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.