Quotes
- "(The Star Tribune) said they were going to do it as more of a joke. I didn't really want to do it — I didn't really like it." — Morneau on newspaper's full page spread labeling him and Joe Mauer as the "M & M Boys."
- "He didn't call me or anything. It was an accident, but a lot of people would have called to see how someone is doing after they got hit in the head. Especially if they had to go on the DL." — Morneau on pitcher Ron Villone after an April 2005 beaning.
- "That felt pretty good. It was the situation too; it was a one-run game and I hit a three run homer and that was pretty cool." — Morneau on his three-run homer off Villone in September 2006. It was the first time he had faced the left-hander since the beaning.
- "I don't like opening up the paper and reading...quotes about myself. I don't really like to see myself on TV or anything like that." — Morneau on the increased media attention he has experienced in 2006.
- "You are just not really thinking about anything and seeing the ball well. You go out there and feel pretty relaxed and patient and when they give you that pitch, you do something with it."— Morneau on his 3 home run game on July 6, 2007
- "I wasn't very impressed with that to tell you the truth. You figure they could find somebody to come and sing the song. They have a hockey team here, the Canadian teams play here. It's something that didn't really go over too well. I think if it happened the other way around, if they were playing in Toronto and they did that, it would have been a lot bigger deal. But nothing you can do about it." — Morneau on an incident after the Canadian anthem was not performed live at the 2009 Major League Baseball All Star Game but rather played on tape instrumentally
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