I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A. Matt Kemp More Quotes by Matt Kemp More Quotes From Matt Kemp Beast Mode doesnt make excuses. It doesnt complain. Whatever youre doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man. Matt Kemp sleep men thinking I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball. Matt Kemp stars baseball kids Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I'm wearing look good. Matt Kemp athlete simple baseball One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me. Matt Kemp fields done happens When you think positive, good things happen. Matt Kemp think-positive good-things thinking If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside with me. Same thing in reverse - I don't bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier. Matt Kemp games home thinking I get bored real easy. I'm so used to L.A. and the pace that when I go home now I start thinking, 'Something's not right, something's not feelin' right.' I just gotta do what I gotta do in Oklahoma and get back to the fast-paced city. Matt Kemp real home thinking If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him. Matt Kemp trout league want I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican. Matt Kemp china bigger way I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part. Matt Kemp emotion I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games. Matt Kemp baseball games play I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life. Matt Kemp athlete simple kids Racism is kinda old. For real. Matt Kemp real racism I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here. Matt Kemp trouble Somebody had asked me how it was to be in Atlanta, and I said that Atlanta had always been known as a Braves city, a baseball town. Matt Kemp city me always said More money gives me the chance to help more people, to give something back. Matt Kemp me money chance people I've been traded a couple times, but I've enjoyed the experience of new cities and cultures and all types of things. Matt Kemp new things enjoyed experience I love being around kids, and I love to see them happy. Matt Kemp being see happy love In Hollywood, for me, it's all about the movie stars and the singers. Baseball players don't draw too much attention; we're low key. I'm good with faces and sometimes bad with names, but I'll walk up to somebody if I know who they are... show them some love. Matt Kemp good me stars love I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers. Matt Kemp finally up hometown growing-up
