John Kruk Quotes

“I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.”

— John Kruk

“I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me ... Every year I played in the big leagues, the day the season ended, I called my buddies in West Virginia and said, 'I'll be home tomorrow.'”

— John Kruk

“People in West Virginia do have cars. We have indoor plumbing. We even use knives and forks.”

— John Kruk

“If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.”

— John Kruk

“Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.”

— John Kruk

On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?'

— John Kruk

“When I first came in the league, I thought Jack Clark and Steve Garvey were big. Then all of sudden it seemed like everyone was that big.”

— John Kruk

“I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.”

— John Kruk

“Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer”

— John Kruk

“I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself too often.”

— John Kruk

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know?

— John Kruk

“My wife told me I'm not as disgusting to her as I used to be.”

— John Kruk

“You hear players, media people, say that it's tough to play in Philly in front of these fans, to those people I say: you didn't have the guts to succeed here!”

— John Kruk