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Joey Votto

(1983) Baseball Player

102 quotes in 329 categories

Joey Votto is a baseball player.

Quick Facts About Joey Votto

Born: September 10, 1983
Profession: Baseball Player

About Joey Votto

[Wikidata] Canadian former professional baseball player... | [Wikipedia] Joseph Daniel Votto is a Canadian-American former professional baseball first baseman who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Cincinnati Reds from 2007 to 2023. He was the second Canadian player, following Larry Walker, to have 2,000 hits, 300 home runs, and 1,000 ru

Quotes by Joey Votto

I go back to Toronto each off season and feel renewed every time I cross the border to my home and native…

Back

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My goal is to play as often as possible and help the team in any way, shape or form I can.

Goals

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I'm always ready to be attacked.

Always

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Great players have bad years.

Bad

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I don't think materialistic things are my priority.

Materialistic

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Initially when I got called up, I thought it would change my life. And it didn't. Then when I won the Most…

Arrogance

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When you are raised in a restaurant you really don't want to go to one that often, I'd rather cook.

Food

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I think I am boring. That's good. I strive for boring in all elements of my game.

Boring

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I feel lucky that I was able to sign a contract for an extended period of time with a no-trade clause. I…

Feel

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I'm a Reds fan. I signed up to be a Reds fan, I want to be a Reds fan.

Fan

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I think people do things and say things emotionally when they make it personal.

Emotionally

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If I was just a guy who hit 24 home runs and drove in 100, I wouldn't be a special player.

Hit

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Baseball-Reference has been very good to me during my career.

Baseball

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There's only a certain percentage of the strike zone that you can do extra-base hit, barrel damage with the ball. Just because…

Just because

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You won't give yourself an opportunity to do good things unless you are out on the field.

Good

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I kind of want to go play in the Caribbean Series to be honest. I'm not even kidding about that.

Caribbean

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My objective with men at 2nd and 3rd is to get one quality pitch to drive them in. If it's not available,…

Drive

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Some players just have the natural stroke that you throw them in the lineup and all of the sudden they turn on…

Ballpark

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I'm a guy that has the skills to hit the ball hard.

Ball

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I love talking baseball. I think it's an interesting subject, I think it's something I'm familiar with. It's something I can constantly…

Baseball

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I love to play at a really high level.

High

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It almost sounds ridiculous - but I almost feel like I've re-learned to hit.

Feel

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Almost all the great players I admire performed well deep into their 30s and their 40s, almost all of them, and I…

Admire

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I came out of a Canadian high school where the hardest people were throwing was in the 70-mph range - 70-75 mph,…

Canadian

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The people in St. Louis have been great to me. Fans have been great.

Fans

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