He'd say: 'Get up there and go play this game. Forget about it. Just have fun and keep playing this game that I taught you. |
He's a Twin killer. I hate to see him in this division again. |
He's always going to be a part of me, a part of my heart. I miss him. But he's never forgotten. |
He's going to kill that place. |
He's like a Twin-killer, man. If you look at his numbers against us, it would be sick. |
He's so positive. When you have someone in your clubhouse like that, it carries over to everything else. I love him. I love him to death. It all carries over to the field. |
Hopefully, he doesn't get eaten up by that. Hopefully, they don't swallow him. |
I don't have any idea why it is, because I'm never comfortable in the box against him. His ball is cutting in and out, moving all over the place. |
I don't have time for that. I'm more aggressive. I just hack. If I went up there and was patient, I wouldn't be the guy I am. |
I don't want to be the police of the clubhouse. |
I don't want to be the police of the clubhouse. You don't go talk to the police. A lot of people don't trust the police. I want to be that counselor in the clubhouse. If you need somebody to talk to, you can come talk to me about anything. |
I have so much respect for him and I miss him. He helped me with so many things, both in baseball and in life. I'm pretty excited now to go out there with that number, knowing he's going to be in center field with me. |
I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once (special coach) Tony Oliva and (former Twins coach) Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function. |
I know one thing. I won't retire any time soon, ... You just want to be a part of it, the winning side and the losing side. I miss that. |
I learned about this game from him. He's a guy I look to like he's an older brother. I've come up in this game just by watching what Kirby Puckett is all about. |