Max Scherzer Quotes

Some guys like to eat two or three different times a day before the game. I eat once, and that's it.

Usually before matches I eat plain pasta with a little bit olive oil, salt, pepper and chicken.

On game day, if I eat fruit - I usually eat fruit in the mornings - I have to have three pieces of cantaloupe, three pieces of pineapple. Everything's in threes.

When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

Once you make the majors, it's never a great feeling to go back to the minors - no matter what the circumstances.

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors.

Obviously, diet is important for an athlete, but I don't have anyone telling me, 'You can eat this, but don't try that.'

Even though it feels like you are so far away from the big leagues, my love for the game kept me motivated to get through the hard times in the minors.

When I began running at the age of 10, I didn't have the diet athletes need. It was just rice and vegetables. Every day.

Because I don't like to play on a full stomach, I try to eat a bigger meal in the morning and less throughout the day leading up to the game.

At the 2012 Olympics, there was a nutritionist in the food hall telling us, 'Eat that. And eat that.' After winning my gold, I went to McDonald's for chicken nuggets and a strawberry milkshake, but that was just for the hell of it. I don't feel hungry after a match, to be honest.

As athletes, we train and travel so much, a lot of times our needs are not met calorically. But I don't like eating to be a chore, so I kind of just go with the flow.

Back in Oakland, we have a lot of food in the locker room, but on the road, it's mostly just fruit. So we have to prepare differently. But really, once you get to the gym, everything on the road is pretty much the same.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

It's one thing to make the big leagues, but it's another thing to make it to an all-star game.

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

I usually eat a salad for lunch and before a game since it keeps me feeling healthy and energized on the field. I love piling on the toppings: the more colorful the better! I usually do nuts, fruit and avocado, but I also mix up my creations with different toppings and lettuces.

In college, I wasn't losing weight the right way. Sometimes, I would just... not eat in order to get my weight down. You can't do that in the NBA - there are too many games to do it that way.

In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.

This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.

I don't get too fussy about food around games. It is more just a case of making sure I get some fuel on board. But I quite enjoy poached eggs and toast in the morning so I often go for that before training.

Life is so fast. And I still remember when I came up to the big leagues and played as if it were yesterday. Time flies.