All I can do is go out and play as great as I know how. I'm a professional. I didn't come here to just go through the motions, even when you're out of the playoff chase.

Kirby Puckett

Related Quotes

I don't work with the younger players. That's the manager's department. What I can do is go out and play as hard as I can.

— Kirby Puckett

Man, see, you should have picked up that bat and baseball and learned to play the game when we were trying to teach you. You ain't going to make no money in journalism.

— Kirby Puckett

BaseballManPlay

I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart.

— Kirby Puckett

BecauseHeartHeight

Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet.

— Kirby Puckett

AboutBeenCloset

I'm retired, man. I'm loving it. Just being a bum. I kind of like it.

— Kirby Puckett