Presenting thenew flash-in-the-pan May "All-Star candidate" -- Jason Phillips!
And quotes via Prospectus from Mr CHiPs:
"People misunderstand this, but I'm not a fan of the game. I'm not a fan of baseball, and I never was. I never collected baseball cards. I never got autographs, and I never watched SportsCenter. I went to a handful of games when I was young, but if I had my druthers, I would have made money racing motorcycles. But I couldn't do that."
--Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent, (Los Angeles Daily News)
"My dad was a cop down in Costa Mesa. He couldn't afford to send me to a big-time college. But he made a bet with me when I was in high school that if I got a scholarship to college, he would buy me a truck. The only way I could get a scholarship was through baseball, and I got a scholarship to [California]. He bought me a truck."
--Kent
"People think I'm [a jerk]. The media thinks I'm [a jerk], because I don't give them the time of day. But I like my space. I don't talk a whole lot. When I do speak, I have tried to present myself as an educated athlete. But when I don't want to talk, people take offense. But it's nothing personal."
--Kent
"I need to watch my kids play Little League. I need to give my wife some time off. There is no way I would be [still playing] if it wasn't for my wife."
--Kent
"My kids love this game. I want to try to introduce them to the game as much as I can. This game has been so good to me, and I have gotten a lot of good things out of this game. I want my kids to see that."
--Kent
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2005 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)