People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

- Dustin Pedroia

I hope to play for the Red Sox a long time.

- Dustin Pedroia

I'm going to go out there and be who I am, and if you don't like it, then watch somebody else.

- Dustin Pedroia

I don' really care what people think. I don't really have to prove anything to anybody. I just have to prove stuff to my teammates.

- Dustin Pedroia

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

- Dustin Pedroia

I just try to see the ball and hit it. If I get a hit, I get a hit. If I get out, I get out. There's no secret about it.

- Dustin Pedroia

I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?

- Dustin Pedroia

Just because somebody swings one way and I swing another way doesn't mean he's better than me or I'm better than him ... Does my swing get hits? Yes.

- Dustin Pedroia

I go out and break my leg next year and can't play ever again, I got 40 million dollars. Nothing's guaranteed in this world, except that 40 million d…

- Dustin Pedroia