Billy Butler
Billy Butler

Even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

I definitely enjoy my barbecue.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

K.C. and the Bay Area are opposites.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

You get a new year, you get a new start, you get a new opportunity.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

My track record speaks for itself.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

I've always been happy playing in Kansas City.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really good slider or a really good fastball.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

I have been an everyday player my whole career.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

Once you have come-from-behind wins, you have confidence as a team that you're going to do it.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

Winning is definitely contagious.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?'

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

I wasn't going to be drafted to steal bases at 18.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

I'm not here to be mediocre.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

You see certain guys enough, and you recognize pitches and stuff. Some guys you see better than others.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

You can't really explain why things happen.

Billy Butler
Billy Butler

The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.