Marcus Giles
Marcus Giles
Marcus William Gilesis a former Major League Baseball player. He played second base and batted right-handed. His older brother, Brian Giles, was an outfielder who also played in the Major Leagues...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1978
work-ethic want way
I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.
size prove-them-wrong harder
I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.
thinking play errors
I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can get into a fielding funk just as quick as you can hitting.
done made minutes
I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.
people ifs
You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.
months tacos taco-bell
When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.
high-standards standards
You've got to set high standards for yourself.
front good home
The good thing right now is we are going home and we play well at home in front of our fans.
credit good hitters veteran
You've got to give them some credit. They've got some good veteran hitters over there.
confidence huge legs
I think that was huge for me, personally, to get my confidence back and get my legs back under me. I feel great. I feel like I'm right back on track.
besides deep definitely dogs good guys help playoffs rely
It's good to see some other guys besides our big dogs do something to help us out. If we want to go to the playoffs and go deep into the playoffs, we definitely can't rely on those two or we're in trouble. Not that they can't do it, but it's going to take all 25 of us.
great wish
It's great to be back. I wish I could take two infields.
definitely hard last stick time work
It's definitely surprising. But it's so early, we have time to rebound. I think the last thing we want to do is panic. We just need to stick with each other and play hard and we'll work it out.
happy hitting nice streak
It was nice to keep the hitting streak alive. But I would have been happy going 0-for-3 and getting a 4-1 win.