It wasn’t heated at all. It was just the moment and a crappy situation, i’ve been playing against Blake since we were 10, 11 years old, so I know there was no ill will behind that at all. The inside pitch is part of the game. He is a great player and a great human being as well. I wish him the best, and I told him to keep throwing that inside fastball because it sets that slider really good.

Bryce Harper

Play this game like the 8 year old you used to be, dreaming to play in the show! Heart, passion, and fire! Remember where you came from!

Bryce Harper

passion dream heart

I don't have 'gears.' I play one way. That's all I've ever known. I WILL.

Bryce Harper

gears play way

After losing LaRoche, I have to step up a little bit. I have to do what I need to do.

Bryce Harper

steps littles needs

If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life.

Bryce Harper

ifs dream

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.

Bryce Harper

trying-to-fit-in fit trying

We're the team to beat. Everybody knows that.

Bryce Harper

beats team knows

I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.

Bryce Harper

fields player baseball

You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams.

Bryce Harper

goal dream want

I'll lose about 20 pounds during the season.

Bryce Harper

seasons loses pounds

Baseball needs more superstars.

Bryce Harper

superstar baseball needs

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

Bryce Harper

teammate knows want

I expect perfection from myself.

Bryce Harper

perfection

I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.

Bryce Harper

bats play thinking

Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.

Bryce Harper

trout player baseball

D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at.

Bryce Harper

nice careers thinking

I think you come to watch baseball, and if you're a true fan, then you enjoy watching baseball. MLB tries to change this and change that, speed up the games, but baseball's baseball. You can't change it. It's America's pastime. It's the greatest game on earth. I don't really want to change it that much.

Bryce Harper

baseball trying thinking

I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.

Bryce Harper

want people thinking

I don't want everybody to just see the baseball side of me.

Bryce Harper

baseball sides want

I made my decision, and that was my decision, and it was the final decision that I made. You know, jealousy isnt good. For me, its about having the gratitude to go out and do what I do each day and not having an attitude toward anybody else.

Bryce Harper

sports

It was kind of the perfect storm for them, not signing me, they were able to go out and get the starting pitching that they needed and the pitching that they needed for their bullpen.

Bryce Harper

sports