Barry Bonds Quotes

I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

I'm clean, I've always been clean. But it never ends. It seems like every reporter from last season to this season has reported and opened up a new can of (expletive). And I haven't even been to spring training. At least let me get to spring training and (expletive) up before you crucify me.

I'm going to go back to the Bay Area, this is my thing, and I'm just going to open my own school of baseball. Find a facility, find a place and just teach kids. That's what I want to do.

I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

Sometimes I surprise my own damn self.

Losing dad (Bobby Bonds) was the worst thing in the world.

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

I don't sign for white people.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

If you want to be on top, you've got to have broad shoulders, because as fast as you get there, the faster they try to knock you down.

It's a relief now to be able to stand next to my godfather and finally feel like I've accomplished something in the game of baseball.

Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.

Baseball is just my job.

My life is in shambles. It is crazy. It couldn't get any crazier. I'm just trying to stay sane.

I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

Serra High school, to me, was my most enjoyable time for me in my entire life. That was the only time I was free. We just played baseball because it was fun.

I like to be against the odds.

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.

I don't know what my future is.

My career is an open book, but my life is not.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.