Todd Helton Quotations

When we heard about (Barmes), we were thinking, 'That's terrible, what are we going to do,' ... Then the skipper leaves and his daughter's having seizures, and it puts it all back in perspective really quick.

There are no more excuses. It's time to put it on the line. It's time to win.

We've seen some pretty good pitchers this year. And this is a young team. Many of them haven't seen pitchers like this.

When I hit it I knew it was gone. I got all of it and it was a big hit at the time.

Some of it is the pitching. Some of it is us.

Maybe next year I'll have a better hunch.

I wouldn't want to want to face him as a right-handed hitter. He comes at you at too many angles and at too many speeds.

I got some good pitches to hit, but I tried to do a little too much.

I didn't really know what to expect. I guess I expected to feel good and I did feel good.

I'd kill myself if I wasn't here and we started winning.

I don't know what to expect. I don't know why baseball would make my stomach feel any worse than sitting on the couch. It's kind of weird not knowing what to expect. But I expect to feel good and I do feel good.

I felt guilty, ... You get paid to do a job and don't do it, you have to feel guilty.

He doesn't fear anything or anyone when he's out there.

His technique is flawless. He's short, quick. His head does not move. He stays behind the baseball. If you were teaching a swing, I would start by showing the kid Bonds' swing.

Hopefully, we all learned something here. I'm glad he didn't take me out.

I think we've got a chance to be a lot better this year. If everybody just plays to their ability. Nobody really has to go off, nobody has to do anything crazy. There are going to be teams better than us, talent-wise, but we are going to play the game hard and we never give up.

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.

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.

I was upset with myself. But when you let your team down, you want to help.

It all kind of worked together. That's just the way hitting is. Everybody feeds off each other. One guy gets hot and everybody gets hot. We all started swinging better and we started winning games.

You can get back in there, get to hitting, get to go home earlier and all that stuff,

When it happens to you, it's not that scary. I was all drugged up, so I didn't really know what was going on.

You always want to have the guys you're going to go with long term out there and see how it goes. It was fun to see Hawpe out there, and it was great to see Barmie out there.

Time will tell but we definitely have the talent, but that doesn't mean nothing. We have to go out and win ball games. There are a lot of good players. The more experience everybody gets the better we are going to be.

We stayed in it, but they did little things to win. We didn't do that. They had some big hits and, of course, I had a couple chances to help us out and didn't do it. It's frustrating.

We need to get off to a good start and develop an attitude that we are going to win so we don't have that 'here-we-go-again' attitude.

Better be. That's the reason we put up with this year.

It would have been a good year to be halfway decent. Any other year, we're in it right now.

It would have been a good year to be halfway decent, ... Any other year, we're in it right now.

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

The bullpen and J.J. (Jason Jennings) got that win. We just found a way to win. If we're going to compete this year, that's the way we're going to have to win.

That's how we've been winning - good defense and the bullpen doing a job, ... It didn't happen tonight.

They had some big hits and, of course, I had a couple of chances to help us out and didn't do it. It's frustrating.

It wasn't going foul, ... You know when you get out in front and the ball's going to slice a little more. I wasn't in front of that ball.

I told him that he has more facial hair than I do. Of course, I had to ask if he was really 12 years old.

It's good to see, ... You always want to see the guys you're going to go with long term in there and see how it goes.

Still, he threw out 50 home runs, ... and he played his best, at a premium position, when his team needed him most.

They are not kids, and they are not inexperienced anymore. They have to go into the off-season knowing they can compete here.

It's no big deal. You just want to have a positive frame of mind going into the season and it always helps to go out and get a few hits.

I'm glad he didn't take me out. I never want to come out of the game. But I'm not the fastest guy in the world.

I have no idea. I don't sit and analyze how we get here, why we win somewhere. That's half the problem with the game. Every time something goes on, you've got to talk about it instead of letting it play out.

I have no crystal ball to allow me to say we are going to win the (National League) West or World Series. A lot of things have to go right . . . but I can say we have players with the ability to win.

I'm not trying (to hit home runs). I promise I'm just not trying to do too much, and it's yielded some pretty good results. When I go up there and try to swing hard, if I do hit it, I'll hook it foul.

It helps out a lot, ... If they'd gone out and stunk, it would have been very disappointing. Obviously, we would have lost a lot more games. But these guys are not afraid of anything.

Honest, I'm just trying not to do too much and it's yielded some pretty good results,

He throws hard, the ball moves everywhere. He threw a hard slider. He's tough to hit.

I'd rather make that walk when we won, ... It's kind of hard 2 minutes after the game's over and we lose. It takes a little while to take (a loss) off. It's kind of hard to walk around there with a smile on your face when you just lost, but you got to do it for the fans.

I don't see why not. He was starting to last year and he got hurt.

I could have moved, but it would have had to be years ago. Now I'm too old and set in my ways. It's a lot shorter run from the dugout to first than all the way out there in left field.

I have never used steroids. Never.

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.

I rarely hit home runs in batting practice, and usually when I do feel that good, I'll have a bad game.

I'm not a guy who is going to make a lot of noise. I hope to lead by example.

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.

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.

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.

Tarring a highway in 90-degree heat is hard work. This is baseball. Something I love.

I'm very tough on myself. I definitely look at the negative too much.

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.

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.

I want people to expect more from me because I expect more. If you don't set goals high, you're not trying.