Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

Sleep is huge. That's your biggest way of recovering. In baseball, it's such a hard sleep schedule during the season, but you try to do the best you can. Because you can take all the protein drinks, you can do all these things, but your recovery is your sleep.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

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
Bryce Harper

I want to get my eight hours and be able to eat good meals and not be sluggish or anything like that. My body is my temple, and I've always thought that.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

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

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fixes dinner every single night - baked chicken, fish - she cooks a great meal every single night.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on the double? You gotta be as smart as you can.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

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

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

I can't just go to McDonald's after I'm done working out. I'm going to treat my body like it's the only body I'm ever going to have. I'm going to make sure it's strong and it's good. I'm really going to work hard every single day.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

My body feels pretty unbelievable.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

Baseball needs more superstars.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

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
Bryce Harper

People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was great. I got to go places, meet people, play baseball against older kids and better competition. I had a great time.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.'

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

I expect perfection from myself.

Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper

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