Billy Butler

I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.

Anybody can act good to be around when they are doing really well.

I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to just be mediocre.

You have so many at-bats, and obviously if you go three out of 10, you're doing well for the season, so you try to forget every at-bat you have that's not a good one and try to stay positive.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

I'll always be forever tied to the Royals organization and the community there.

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

It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.

There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.

You have to work hard each day and try to figure out what's going on and try to get better each day.

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.

I just don't like to talk about my personal success against somebody.