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Lance Berkman Biography

William Lance Berkman (born February 10, 1976), nicknamed "Big Puma", is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. Berkman is a six-time MLB All-Star and won a World Series championship and the National League Comeback Player of the Year Award with the Cardinals in 2011. He stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg). Berkman has spent various seasons of his career as a regular at all three outfield positions.

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The overriding thing has to be a love for people. If you don't love people, you don't care if we live in a morally degrading society. Christ is about love, and that's what we want to be about as well.

Care, Live, Overriding, People, Want

What comes first, the chicken or the egg? You start out bad, you don't really feel right, you don't have the same explosion, then you start to lose confidence, you start to doubt your ability. It's a snowball effect.

Doubt, Eggs, Firsts, Right, Same

I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. Im exhausted and I only played nine innings.

Exhausted, Nine, Played, Toll, Tolls

I want to play every game of my career in an Astros uniform.

Career, Careers, Game, Games, Play, Uniform

One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.

Games, Running, Time, Way

I've always liked doubles. When you scald the ball on a line to the gap, I think that's about as close to a perfect swing as you can get.

Gap, Liked, Perfect, Swings, Think, Thinking

I've always enjoyed baseball, but even when I was a kid I can remember viewing it with a businesslike approach.

Approach, Baseball, Businesslike, Kids, Remember

Obviously, the only reason I'm where I am is because God has gifted me and He has seen fit to put me where I am. I have to honor that by using my influence and my status on the team and in the game of baseball for good and to His purpose.

Baseball, Fit, Games, Seen, Team, Using

I go game to game, at-bat to at-bat. That's my way.

Bats, Game, Games, Way

It is,. . . kind of a softball atmosphere out there.

Atmosphere, Funny, Kind, Softball

Agile, athletic, sleek-all these things describe my game!

Athletic, Describe, Game, Games, Things

Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.

Bringing, Firsts, Houston, Tremendous, World

I'll be a Houston Astro no matter what. . . I would certainly want to leave myself open to a return to the team if that made sense for the organization and for me as well.

Houston, Open, Organization, Return, Team

The only way that we can truly have a purpose and an enriching life experience is to do all things in Christ and through the power of Christ. What happens when we're all about doing good works and we're doing that outside of the power of Christ is that we end up getting the glory and the whole point of this deal is that God gets the glory. That verse beautifully illustrates that point.

Beautifully, Life Experience, Point, Purpose, Way, Whole

Living the Christian life is also challenging but for different reasons. The same desire to do well exists - to live a consistent life that honors and pleases the Lord. The big difference is that God isn't evaluating my actions and basing His love on how well I 'perform'. His love for me is unconditional. Even when I mess up He doesn't threaten to trade me off His team.

Christian, Differences, Honors, Pleases, Team

God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.

Ability, Baseball, Game, Games, Play

I want to be a guy who produces runs, who drives in runs, who can beat you with a single or can beat you with a home run, who's just a tough out.

Guy, Home, Produces, Run, Running

The key to dealing with people in general is that they have to know that you care about them. You have to deal with people in gentleness. You have to come along side of them. You can't push them. You can't pull them. You have to walk with them. In order to do that, you've got to demonstrate care for that individual. That's my whole thing

Care, General, Keys, Order, People, Walk

They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.

Back, Chanting, Names, Nice, Read, Uniforms