Todd Helton
Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Heltonis a former American professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Helton holds the Colorado Rockies club records for hits, home runs, doubles, walks, runs scored, runs batted in, games played, and total bases, among others...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 August 1973
CityKnoxville, TN
used steroid
I have never used steroids. Never.
talking want done
We can talk about it all we want. But there comes a time when you just have to get it done and quit talking about it. There's been a lot of talk here and not enough doing.
running home practice
I rarely hit home runs in batting practice, and usually when I do feel that good, I'll have a bad game.
guy noise example
I'm not a guy who is going to make a lot of noise. I hope to lead by example.
winning games uniforms
The reason we are at the ballpark is to win that day's game, and we don't need to be concerned with anything else during the time we are in uniform. It makes things a lot simpler, a lot easier.
play design parks
Is Coors Field a good park to hit in? Yeah. So are Wrigley Field and Camden Yards. I didn't design Coors Field-I just play there.
hurt bad-day years
When I first came up to the majors and I'd have a bad day, I'd punish myself. I would do something like not eat dinner. Now I've come to appreciate that we play 162 games a year, and you're going to have bad days. And not eating dinner hurts, it doesn't help.
baseball hard-work degrees
Tarring a highway in 90-degree heat is hard work. This is baseball. Something I love.
too-much negative looks
I'm very tough on myself. I definitely look at the negative too much.
hate winning done
I hate the ballplayer who says, 'I did everything I could have possibly done.' Because if you didn't win it all, you obviously didn't do everything you could have done.
football baseball school
I really enjoyed high-school football, but I didn't really enjoy college football. I liked to play the games, but I didn't like the practice. In baseball, I enjoy the practice almost as much as the games.
goal people trying
I want people to expect more from me because I expect more. If you don't set goals high, you're not trying.
negative watch
I watch the film, so I know what I've done off a guy. I don't look at it as a positive, just like I don't look at it as a negative if I haven't done well off a guy.
hope resting tells
I will play when he tells me, but I hope I go out and play well enough that he doesn't think about resting me.