Matt Kemp Quotes & Sayings

“Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.”

“When you think positive, good things happen.”

“I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.”

“I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.”

“I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.”

“If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside with me. Same thing in reverse - I don't bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier.”

“If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.”

“Sometimes I forget how much people look at you as their hero. I forget that.”

“We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.”

“I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.”