Royals Zack Greinke: The Next Emmitt Smith? - Page 2

Mama Hip Rockets · 04-09-2009, 06:43 PM

The following is a compilation of quotes from renowned pitcher/wordsmith Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals.

"I just wanted to make this clear: I can't live without baseball...It's to the point where it caused problems with my girlfriend because she knows baseball is more important than her. I say, 'Hey, I'm sorry. I love the game that much. You're not even close to being No. 1 -- that's how much I love baseball. I couldn't live without it."

"I cried in bed, moaning 'why, why did this have to happen?'" -- when asked how he reacted to the news of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston breaking up.

"No. She's way more big time than me. She's pretty old too." -- when asked if he thought Jennifer Aniston would date him after the break-up.

"I'd say the average person wouldn't eat a Chipotle burrito and still do his running.. full speed.. like me. That's why they call me special"

"I don't know if we really want to talk about this anymore...it's kind of stupid" -- after talking about golf for about 5 straight minutes in an interview.

"It gives me more time to think or not think, which is a problem." -- when asked what he thought about having an extra day off.

Restaurant customer:"Hey, you're Zack Greinke, right?"
Greinke: looks at him for a second, points at a short, fat Hispanic man next to him, and says, "No. That's Zack Greinke."

"You don't faze me, Gobble." - From one of his mic'd up segment on RSTN, when he's shagging fly balls in the outfield and Gobble runs past right as he's about to catch one.

"I was looking at colleges for me to go to, schools in vacation places like Hawaii, just to get away from everyone I knew, so I could start over. I also thought about mowing lawns for a living because I like to be outdoors. " -- after breaking out of the depression funk he said sometimes he thought about quitting baseball and mowing lawns..

“Because there’s no point to it, I’m not going pro.” -- when asked by a reporter why he had given up the game of golf, even though Greinke was, by most accounts, the best golfer on the Royals at Spring Training in 2008

"If I lived in Kansas City, I probably wouldn't go to a lot of games, but I'd definitely go that one." -- on a pitching matchup where Greinke was facing Daisuke Matsuzaka the second or third game of the year.

Reporter: "Hey Zack, would you mind doing an interview before or after your start tomorrow night?"
Zack: "After is better. Uh, what time does the game start?"
Reporter: "I think it starts at 7:10."
Zack: (With a sly grin across his face) "OK, thanks, now I know."

"Soria, you runnin' today? You're goin' down then. I'm gonna so much faster than you, you're going to be eating my dust." -- talking to Joakim Soria during pre-game warmups.

"I really want to rob a homer today. Really bad. It's all up to the hitters."

"No. Anyone can sign one player." -- when asked if signing Gil Meche to a $55 million deal showed him that the Royals were willing to go out and get free agents to make this team better.

"Well, Davies thinks he's good at everything but he's not really good at anything. He thinks he's good at golf. He thinks he's good at ping-pong. He thinks he's good at basketball. He thinks he's good at tennis. And probably everything else he thinks he's good at. He thinks he's good at cards. But he really is very average at all of them." -- when asked if he knew any surprising facts about his teammates

"Yesterday I saw a good one. I was going to eat, and the person I was with wasn't there yet, so I thought, okay, I'll just watch the sun go down, and it was nice." -- when asked if he had seen any good sunsets in Arizona during Spring Training.

"No. She, like, has a special mouth . . . so that her breath is usually pretty good, but she complains about mine a lot." -- when asked if his girlfriend liked to eat at Chipotle with him.

"It's got to help some other guys, seeing someone as old as he is and playing as long as he has, playing as hard as he is." -- on second baseman Mark Grudzielanek

"Well, one thing is, when you're warming up in the bullpen, they'll spray you sometimes and get you wet." -- when asked what he thought about the fountains at Kauffman Stadium

"There definitely will be flying cars, but whether there'll be flying cars for most people to use, it'll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It'll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other." -- when asked if he thought there would be flying cars in the future.

"No, I'm not a fan of them. We could try to think of someone else we could do it with. But not them." -- when asked if he and his girlfriend would double date with Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson.

"If I hit a guy, I want him to be hurt."

“I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.”

"Things can go either really bad in two innings or go really good in two innings. You really don't get the whole story." -- on spring training pitching outings.

“Everybody was mad at me for only throwing fastballs and change-ups. So I threw some first-pitch strikes with curveballs. It’s an easy way to get a strike. It’s not like it’s a real hard pitch to throw. You just throw it for a strike."

"Seriously, that was the best pitch I've ever made that got hit over the fence. That was probably the only pitch today that I did exactly what I wanted to do." -- after giving up a home run to Prince Fielder in a spring training game.

"Nice effort by the defense. They didn't get tired of running after balls to the wall. I was pretty impressed by that."

"Me. I'm a better hitter." -- when Greinke was asked by a National League scout, "Should we draft you or Scott Kazmir?"

Those are just the highlights. Updated quotes are frequently posted here:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=281&f=2054&t=2454952

**AustinChief** · 04-09-2009, 07:01 PM

I promise he is screwing with everyone.... funny as hell.

**alnorth** · 04-09-2009, 07:03 PM

Here's one

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A Zack Greinke story: So, there was this game when Royals relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt gave up a home run. He was upset in the dugout, of course, and he stormed around, muttering at himself, “Man, that wasn’t even that bad of a pitch.” Of course, all his teammates kept their distance.

All except Zack Greinke.

“That wasn’t even that bad of a pitch,” Affeldt barked at himself again.

“Actually,” Zack said, “it was a pretty bad pitch.”

Affeldt looked up at Greinke. “Thanks, Zack,” Affeldt said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

“No,” Zack said, “really, I went back to the clubhouse and looked at the pitch on video. It was a really bad pitch. Right over the middle of the plate, and you got it up. I mean it was a bad pitch.”

“Thanks, Zack,” Affeldt said again.

“Right down the middle. I could have hit it out,” Greinke said.

Affeldt looked into Greinke’s eager face and just shook his head.

“Thanks, Zack,” he said.

“Yeah,” Greinke said, and he walked back to his seat in the dugout.

Mama Hip Rockets · 04-09-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

Here's one

haha yeah i just read that the other day. awesome.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 04-09-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

He's like our own Yogi Berra.

Sometimes I think he's screwing with us.

This. I love the guys quirkiness.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 04-09-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

Here's one

Ohhhh shit....

**KcMizzou** · 04-09-2009, 08:12 PM

In any case, I don't understand some Royals fans who don't want to hear his interviews.

I want that guy interviewed at every opportunity. I don't care if he was in the game or not. Hell, they could interview him about his thoughts on American Idol, and I'd tune in.

**alnorth** · 04-09-2009, 08:47 PM

No kidding, even the most boring question is something you want to hear his answer on.

So, Zack, what do you think of Frisco, Texas?

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It's my favorite Minor League city to play. I think it's awesome. The city's great, the park's nice, the fans turn out, the mascot's real good

OK... if Zack likes the mascot, then I had to see what it was. This team is apparently the Frisco Roughriders. Not sure what the hell this is, but it doesn't look like any kind of western cowboy to me.

**Reaper16** · 04-09-2009, 08:51 PM

That mascot is real good.

beavis · 04-09-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

In any case, I don't understand some Royals fans who don't want to hear his interviews.

I want that guy interviewed at every opportunity. I don't care if he was in the game or not. Hell, they could interview him about his thoughts on American Idol, and I'd tune in.

Man, I really wish he was pitching tomorrow.

DJ's left nut · 04-09-2009, 09:32 PM

Smith is a moron.

Greinke is extremely clever, dry and funny as all hell. Someone once told him he had a good enough fastball to throw fastballs right down the middle of the plate and get guys out. So he decided to give it a shot in a spring training game and gave up something like 9 runs.

If there were a 'gifted' program for baseball players, he'd be in it. It just seems like he gets bored with simply being a phenom from time to time.

comparison = fail.

Sure-Oz · 04-09-2009, 09:35 PM

zack is a looney mother****er but he's our loon

58kcfan89 · 04-09-2009, 09:38 PM

Greinke is funny as hell and it's even better to listen to him when he's pitching as well as he is. Soria and Gordon are my 2 favorite players, but every Greinke quote I read puts him closer to the top.

I didn't see "I saved your life" on there from when he was in the outfield during a practice. That's one of my favorites (along with the Anniston thing).

Mama Hip Rockets · 04-13-2009, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

No kidding, even the most boring question is something you want to hear his answer on.

So, Zack, what do you think of Frisco, Texas?

OK... if Zack likes the mascot, then I had to see what it was. This team is apparently the Frisco Roughriders. Not sure what the hell this is, but it doesn't look like any kind of western cowboy to me.

haha holy crap that is an awesome-looking mascot.

Thig Lyfe · 04-14-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Smith is a moron.

Greinke is extremely clever, dry and funny as all hell. Someone once told him he had a good enough fastball to throw fastballs right down the middle of the plate and get guys out. So he decided to give it a shot in a spring training game and gave up something like 9 runs.

If there were a 'gifted' program for baseball players, he'd be in it. It just seems like he gets bored with simply being a phenom from time to time.

comparison = fail.

This.

kcfanXIII · 04-14-2009, 02:07 AM

i'm with the "he gets bored" camp. i also get bored, so the fact he doesn't spout cliche after cliche, is very nice. great list of quotes btw.

04-09-2009, 06:43 PM
Mama Hip Rockets You don't faze me, Gobble. Join Date: Dec 2005 Casino cash: $9915644	Zack Greinke: The Next Emmitt Smith? The following is a compilation of quotes from renowned pitcher/wordsmith Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals. "I just wanted to make this clear: I can't live without baseball...It's to the point where it caused problems with my girlfriend because she knows baseball is more important than her. I say, 'Hey, I'm sorry. I love the game that much. You're not even close to being No. 1 -- that's how much I love baseball. I couldn't live without it." "I cried in bed, moaning 'why, why did this have to happen?'" -- when asked how he reacted to the news of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston breaking up. "No. She's way more big time than me. She's pretty old too." -- when asked if he thought Jennifer Aniston would date him after the break-up. "I'd say the average person wouldn't eat a Chipotle burrito and still do his running.. full speed.. like me. That's why they call me special" "I don't know if we really want to talk about this anymore...it's kind of stupid" -- after talking about golf for about 5 straight minutes in an interview. "It gives me more time to think or not think, which is a problem." -- when asked what he thought about having an extra day off. Restaurant customer:"Hey, you're Zack Greinke, right?" Greinke: looks at him for a second, points at a short, fat Hispanic man next to him, and says, "No. That's Zack Greinke." "You don't faze me, Gobble." - From one of his mic'd up segment on RSTN, when he's shagging fly balls in the outfield and Gobble runs past right as he's about to catch one. "I was looking at colleges for me to go to, schools in vacation places like Hawaii, just to get away from everyone I knew, so I could start over. I also thought about mowing lawns for a living because I like to be outdoors. " -- after breaking out of the depression funk he said sometimes he thought about quitting baseball and mowing lawns.. “Because there’s no point to it, I’m not going pro.” -- when asked by a reporter why he had given up the game of golf, even though Greinke was, by most accounts, the best golfer on the Royals at Spring Training in 2008 "If I lived in Kansas City, I probably wouldn't go to a lot of games, but I'd definitely go that one." -- on a pitching matchup where Greinke was facing Daisuke Matsuzaka the second or third game of the year. Reporter: "Hey Zack, would you mind doing an interview before or after your start tomorrow night?" Zack: "After is better. Uh, what time does the game start?" Reporter: "I think it starts at 7:10." Zack: (With a sly grin across his face) "OK, thanks, now I know." "Soria, you runnin' today? You're goin' down then. I'm gonna so much faster than you, you're going to be eating my dust." -- talking to Joakim Soria during pre-game warmups. "I really want to rob a homer today. Really bad. It's all up to the hitters." "No. Anyone can sign one player." -- when asked if signing Gil Meche to a $55 million deal showed him that the Royals were willing to go out and get free agents to make this team better. "Well, Davies thinks he's good at everything but he's not really good at anything. He thinks he's good at golf. He thinks he's good at ping-pong. He thinks he's good at basketball. He thinks he's good at tennis. And probably everything else he thinks he's good at. He thinks he's good at cards. But he really is very average at all of them." -- when asked if he knew any surprising facts about his teammates "Yesterday I saw a good one. I was going to eat, and the person I was with wasn't there yet, so I thought, okay, I'll just watch the sun go down, and it was nice." -- when asked if he had seen any good sunsets in Arizona during Spring Training. "No. She, like, has a special mouth . . . so that her breath is usually pretty good, but she complains about mine a lot." -- when asked if his girlfriend liked to eat at Chipotle with him. "It's got to help some other guys, seeing someone as old as he is and playing as long as he has, playing as hard as he is." -- on second baseman Mark Grudzielanek "Well, one thing is, when you're warming up in the bullpen, they'll spray you sometimes and get you wet." -- when asked what he thought about the fountains at Kauffman Stadium "There definitely will be flying cars, but whether there'll be flying cars for most people to use, it'll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It'll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other." -- when asked if he thought there would be flying cars in the future. "No, I'm not a fan of them. We could try to think of someone else we could do it with. But not them." -- when asked if he and his girlfriend would double date with Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson. "If I hit a guy, I want him to be hurt." “I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.” "Things can go either really bad in two innings or go really good in two innings. You really don't get the whole story." -- on spring training pitching outings. “Everybody was mad at me for only throwing fastballs and change-ups. So I threw some first-pitch strikes with curveballs. It’s an easy way to get a strike. It’s not like it’s a real hard pitch to throw. You just throw it for a strike." "Seriously, that was the best pitch I've ever made that got hit over the fence. That was probably the only pitch today that I did exactly what I wanted to do." -- after giving up a home run to Prince Fielder in a spring training game. "Nice effort by the defense. They didn't get tired of running after balls to the wall. I was pretty impressed by that." "Me. I'm a better hitter." -- when Greinke was asked by a National League scout, "Should we draft you or Scott Kazmir?" Those are just the highlights. Updated quotes are frequently posted here: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=281&f=2054&t=2454952
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KcMizzou Supporter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Parkville MO Casino cash: $10005170	In any case, I don't understand some Royals fans who don't want to hear his interviews. I want that guy interviewed at every opportunity. I don't care if he was in the game or not. Hell, they could interview him about his thoughts on American Idol, and I'd tune in.
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DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $-700901	Smith is a moron. Greinke is extremely clever, dry and funny as all hell. Someone once told him he had a good enough fastball to throw fastballs right down the middle of the plate and get guys out. So he decided to give it a shot in a spring training game and gave up something like 9 runs. If there were a 'gifted' program for baseball players, he'd be in it. It just seems like he gets bored with simply being a phenom from time to time. comparison = fail.
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58kcfan89 Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Casino cash: $9673187	Greinke is funny as hell and it's even better to listen to him when he's pitching as well as he is. Soria and Gordon are my 2 favorite players, but every Greinke quote I read puts him closer to the top. I didn't see "I saved your life" on there from when he was in the outfield during a practice. That's one of my favorites (along with the Anniston thing).
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kcfanXIII Ride on! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Galaxy far far away Casino cash: $10013172	i'm with the "he gets bored" camp. i also get bored, so the fact he doesn't spout cliche after cliche, is very nice. great list of quotes btw. __________________ Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed, overcomes the fear of death.
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