Torii Hunter
Torii Hunter
Torii Kedar Hunteris an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Detroit Tigers from 1997 through 2015. Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 July 1975
CityPine Bluff, AR
CountryUnited States of America
For me, as a Christian I will be uncomfortable because in all my teachings and all my learning, biblically, it's not right,
What's the use of saying we're better at baseball than this country? We all play together. I'm playing with Venezuelans and Dominicans right now. We all play together, so what's up with saying our country is better than your country? It's stupid. I don't like it.
I mean, I think we are a better team than last year offensively, but there is always a question with the Minnesota Twins. We'll just have to wait and see.
To catch a ball, I'd commit suicide.
Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that.
I attribute being a good center fielder to many things, but being outside with friends as a kid, running around and racing, that was a big part of it.
I have the faith that even at my lowest points, there will come a silver lining through faith.
Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.
I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.
I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner.
Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.
I smell blood. I'm like a pit bull. Once I taste blood I'm on you .. and I'm about to taste blood.
People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors,
You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't.