People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass. Dustin Pedroia More Quotes by Dustin Pedroia More Quotes From 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 who-i-am ifs watches Next year I want to be better than this season, and the year after that, better than the year before. Dustin Pedroia next-year want years 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 care people thinking I just show up to the yard, work hard, and play as hard as I can. Dustin Pedroia yards hard-work play 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 blinders hopefully player 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 balls secret trying I don't like losing at anything. Why should I? Dustin Pedroia should-i losing should 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 dollars. Dustin Pedroia dollars play years 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 swings doe mean I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play. Dustin Pedroia taken play thinking I hope to play for the Red Sox a long time. Dustin Pedroia red play long When I play videogames I'm trying to go deep every pitch. I'm definitely not going to try to do that in real life. In the (video)game I'm trying to leave the yard. Dustin Pedroia real games play