"I feel very comfortable here (with the Florida Marlins). Here I feel, with Jack (McKeon) and the coaching staff, they're telling me to laugh and talking to me every day. My teammates, the like me and I like them too."

"I like them (the media). It's no problem. They were here last year too. It's no pressure."

“In spring training I'm in every newspaper (in Korea) every day. In the regular season, they watch it on TV."

"My job is baseball. That's it. After, I'll talk to my country. I'm happy to do that."

"With the Cubs, they've gone so long without a World Series championship, they wanted to win every day. I want that too, but I didn't feel comfortable."

"Hee Seop Choi is going to be a bigger deal when he establishes himself as an everyday player. Big things are expected of him, and certainly the Korean media having an everyday player and having someone that they can follow on the world champions (is big)." - Major League Baseball Senior Vice President of International Operations Paul Archer

"He (Hee Seop Choi) held onto the ball, but as soon as his head hit (Kerry Wood), he was out. His eyes rolled into the back of his head." - Teammate / Third-baseman Lenny Harris

"He's (Hee Seop Choi) not proven yet, but we think he's going to be an outstanding player. We think he's going to be an above-average first baseman." - Florida Marlins General Manager Larry Beinfest

"I can tell you one thing. Hee Seop (Choi) did ask how Woody (Kerry Wood) was doing (after the collision seen below)." - Chicago Cubs Trainer Dave Tumbas

"I always liked his (Hee Seop Choi) power. I always felt he was going to be a good ballplayer. I don't think he was given a legitimate chance to show that. Some guys take a little bit longer." - Florida Marlins Manager Jack McKeon

"I've never seen anything like that when I've been on the field. To see a teammate just lying there helpless and knocked out, it was scary. But once he (Hee Seop Choi) was able to at least squeeze some fingers and do some of that stuff before he was off the field, I felt a little bit better about it." - Kerry Wood (commenting on his accident with Hee Seop Choi)

"Miguel Cabrera, (Hee Seop) Choi's best friend on the team (2004 Florida Marlins), also has learned some words in Korean - although his vocabulary isn't suitable for print." - Miami Herald (March 11, 2004)

"The Marlins are getting uncommon exposure in Korea this spring, and not just in the locker room. With five Korean journalists covering (Hee Seop) Choi on a daily basis, the world champions have become front-page news in Asia." - Miami Herald (March 11, 2004)

Quotes From & About Hee Seop Choi