David Wright
David Wright
David Allen Wrightis an American professional baseball third baseman who serves as captain for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 and made his major league debut in 2004...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 December 1982
CityNorfolk, VA
finish
Hopefully, it will kick-start me to finish strong,
coming feels guys incredibly low profile trying year
He really feels that he is a target. All these guys (Iraqi interpreters) are incredibly nervous. It's as dicey as I've seen, and I've been coming here for more than a year now. We're trying to keep as low a profile as we can.
last pressure puts reason struggling
He puts a lot of pressure on himself. I think that was part of the reason for him struggling last year.
bothering course expect past whatever
If I'm on the field, I expect to go out there and give 100 percent. Whatever little things are bothering you through the course of the year, you need to get past those.
goes vote
If I had a Cy Young vote, my vote goes to him.
aware great head shoulders
He's very intelligent. He's very astute. He's got a great head on his shoulders and is aware about things that are going on in this world.
ball count flies good hit philly
Good thing the ball flies here. Didn't you hit two in Philly? Every two in Philly should count as one.
easy kindness left plate swing
I don't think he got it in as much as he wanted to. He kind of left it over the plate and I put a nice, easy swing on it.
fans field man
The fans here, obviously, are like the 10th man on the field for us.
balls eat felt hard hit hop last maintain moves playing start third year
I'm going to make errors. That comes with the territory. I felt there were times last year when I was playing not to make mistakes, not playing aggressive. At third base, you have to play aggressive. You're going to make errors. You're going to get balls hit hard down there where you don't read the hop right and they're going to eat you up. But you have to maintain your aggressiveness; you can't start back-pedaling. Most of your moves have to be going in.
career kept learned looking needed played realized terrible
I learned about adjustments in 2003. I played terrible in the first half, but I didn't let it get me down. I kept working and realized that I needed to be looking at a career not a season.
beauty guess hit improvement room unless
I guess that's the beauty of this game, that there's so much room for improvement in every player, ... Unless you can say you'll go out there and hit 1.000 all year, there's room for improvement.
circuits games learn stage using
The games are getting to such a stage that professional racers are actually using them to learn circuits and to practise.
baseball curtain five game league major man obviously saw six stop tear tribute
You've got to be the man to have a major league baseball game stop for you and to have a five-minute tribute and to have five or six curtain calls. That's when you know you've done something. ... It's obviously sad. I saw a tear come from his eye.