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Matt Kemp Biography

Baseball player

Matt Kemp is an American professional baseball player born on September 23, 1984. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball, known for his speed and hitting ability.

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Men Done Form Games Sleep Figures Return Wake Up Excuse Complaining Beast Pushing Going To Sleep Get It Done Bad Games

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“I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.”

Want Play Games Baseball Baseball Games

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“I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.”

Ifs Knows Bigs League If I Could

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“I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.”

Emotion

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“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.”

I Can Done Happens Fields Bad Things

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“I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.”

Way Bigger China

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“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.”

Knows Trying Looks Hard Used Simple Player Prove Baseball Dresses Athlete Baseball Player Over The Top

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“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.”

Ifs Want Bigs Exciting Come Up League If I Could Mike Trout Like Mike

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“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.”

Feels Important Play Kids Faces Stars Stuff Baseball African American

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“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.”

Thinking Real Home Used Easy Cities Bored Get Back Pace Fast Paced Oklahoma

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“I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.”

Trouble

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“When you think positive, good things happen.”

Thinking Happens Good Things Things Happen Think Positive

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“Racism is kinda old. For real.”

Real Racism

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“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.”

Thinking Hands Bigs Kids Can Do Simple Fans Athlete Gestures Shaking

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Needs May Made Home Games Car Easier Reverse Personal Life Ballparks Bad Games

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About the Author

Born: September 23, 1984
Known for: Baseball player
Quotes: 15

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