Jose Reyes Quotes

There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.

I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something more than a five to two score. You know as well as I do that the excitement, temperature and decibels of any big game today rise instantly when there is someone on base. It reaches ecstasy when somebody makes a run.

When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs.

It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.

There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

I'm more conscious of where the outfielders are playing when I'm on base, and I don't take such wide turns anymore running around the bases. I'm still learning.

How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?

I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.

It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

In the postseason, as many ways as you can get on base as possible is big.

A good base stealer should make the whole infield jumpy. Whether you steal or not, you're changing the rhythm of the game. If the pitcher is concerned about you, he isn't concentrating enough on the batter.

You play in different situations and conditions, and you have to come up with new solutions for the problems. It has made me a more rounded player, who can handle different tactics and positions.

To score runs you have to be pragmatic.

In terms of how I want to influence the game, I try to have a positive effect with the ball or bat in my hand.

I'm really bad at baseball.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

Ultimately, the yards really don't matter. So you have to score enough points, and I have been fortunate in my career to have been around some really good play callers, starting with Gary Kubiak and then going with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and that was always at the forefront of our minds: How can we create explosive plays?

For me, it's about finding ways. Obviously I'm not a great hitter, but I'm going to try and beat you anyway I can. I think about that in every aspect of the game. Running? I'm not the fastest runner, but I can steal a base. For me it's about taking advantage of what I can.

There are some games where I will look to be more aggressive and score more, and then there are games that I want to be more of a playmaker.

When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.

At Golden State, it was basically a guard-oriented offense and it wasn't either around me or in my direction.

Offense is about rhythm and timing, and you're not going to always have that every game.

I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.