I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.

Albert Pujols

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People ask me if I believe how quickly my career has taken off. I just tell them that Jesus Christ is my strength. God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. That is more important than anything I could ever do in baseball.

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It doesn't matter the numbers, it doesn't matter the records, it doesn't matter the money that you make. What matters is to raise that trophy and to be able to bring that smile to the city of St. Louis.

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I'm going to be prayerful about it. Whatever decision I make hopefully is the best decision I can make for my family and the fans and everybody.

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Hopefully, at the end of my career, I can look back and say, 'Wow, what a game it was in Game 3 in 2011'.

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Every year it gets tougher and tougher. Mentally and physically. That's why you need to train and prepare.

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To me playing third base and left field and moving all over the place, it doesn't bother me because I still have to grab that bat and hit no matter where I play.

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In my heart and mind, I know I can hit anybody. I'm always relaxed. It's hard to explain. It's like playing with my kids. It feels natural.

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I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.

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I don't know why people say I'm not supposed to be doing what I'm doing. I'm just trying to do my job. I'm blessed, and I'm glad that I'm blessed.

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A lot of people said I could be a good player. I just wanted the opportunity to show it. I just let it happen.

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I thought about it a lot (losing the 2002 NLCS). It's something you have to go home and wrap it up because if you keep thinking about it, you're going to take that to Spring Training and you're not going to be able to concentrate on your work.

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If I need to help my team and play a different position for that game because somebody is hurt or they want to give a day off to somebody, I'll do it.

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There's three things that as a professional athlete you want. You want to get to the big leagues, and I accomplished that. Winning a World Series ring, I got that. And then getting to the Hall of Fame. That's everybody's dream. Every athlete, they want to be up there in the Hall of Fame, mentioned with the greatest players to ever play this game.

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What motivates me more than money are God and my family. by Albert Pujols

What motivates me more than money are God and my family.

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People from other teams want to play in St. Louis and they're jealous that we're in St. Louis because the fans are unbelievable. So why would you want to leave a place like St. Louis to go somewhere else and make $3 or $4 more million a year? It's not about the money. I already got my money. It's about winning and that's it. It's about accomplishing my goal and my goal is to try to win. If this organization shifts the other way then I have to go the other way.

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I hope by the time that I'm done in this game, I can have half the numbers Stan Musial had in his career.

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I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Repu... by Albert Pujols

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.

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I don't play for records. by Albert Pujols

I don't play for records.

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I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me tea... by Albert Pujols

I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.

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It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.

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