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Joey Votto

(1983) Baseball Player

102 quotes in 341 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 · Page 4

I'd like to continue to reduce the amount of balls I swing at outside the strike zone. I've been told I have…

Balls

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There are some instances where I don't have an opportunity to do anything but walk. There are instances where I get pitches…

Good

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My favorite ability in a player is the combination of aggressiveness and patience.

Ability

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Baseball in Canada is like soccer in the U.S. It is growing, and some people are starting to gain interest. The way…

Baseball

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If I'm on the field not performing well, it's because I'm not performing well, not because I'm not healthy.

Because

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I think we're in a new era of baseball where it's not OK to have a lumbering slugger in the corner of…

Baseball

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I've been in a Reds' uniform, in Cincinnati, owning a house here, part of the community. I cross paths with tons of…

Community

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Hitting is very challenging, you never get it solved.

Challenging

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I'm very fond of coming to St. Louis.

Coming

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I have been very fortunate to see some very clearly excellent players play well to the very ends of their career, where…

Career

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I'm a different hitter than most.

Different

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I, personally, have standards that I have set for myself. I'd like to achieve those and look back without regret.

Achieve

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Most elite players want to maximize the length of the contract, no matter the money.

Contract

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Some say I'm selfish. My approach is the complete opposite of selfishness.

Approach

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I'm all about neutralizing talent and making things fair, and evaluating a player based on what he does all the way around.

Around

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Basketball is my favorite sport.

Basketball

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I look forward to batting practice. I look forward to practice work.

Batting

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My teammates, my friends, the ones that I shared great times with, faced prejudices that I never did and when they shared…

Friends

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I think that I've proven when healthy that I'm a healthy part of the team.

Health

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I would not be where I am now without the efforts of so many Canadian baseball people and the fans of Canadian…

Baseball

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I'm not trying to do something in particular each at-bat, I'm just trying to get the most out of that at-bat, do…

Long

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I think if I let the team's performance dictate how I behave or how I perceive my performance, or whether or not…

Dangerous

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One of the advantages of playing in a smaller market is that I can go back to Toronto, or all across the…

Dog

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Baseball has been very good to me, but baseball has evolved into a hybrid of work and passion.

Baseball

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I didn't know if it was possible, but I wanted to some day be the highest paid Canadian player.

Canadian

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