Quotes About Athletics

I'm going to stick to what I can do... because if I try and,,, do the impossible, I will either get too frustrated to the point where I won't enjoy the sport anymore, or I will get hurt and maybe have to get hip replacements at age 30.

Sometimes when I think you get fatigued, a little extra inflammation in the back and hip, it's harder to move fast and you lose a little bit of bat speed.

So as long as my shoulders are level and I pull through with my hips, the ball should go where it's supposed to go.

I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

I can box. I can hit hard. I've got different angles.

You have to be able to hit the deep balls.

You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able to finish in the lane.

I would like to get 3,000 hits.

I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.

It's different in the NFL because you're getting paid to get hit. In college, you're taking hits for someone else to make money.

I love big hits.

It's hard enough to get four hits in a Major League Baseball game, yet alone have them all be the right ones and the right sequence.

I don't think anyone hits as hard as I do in the light heavyweight division.

As everybody manages to say on TV, 'Yeah, he hits it pretty far for a little guy.' Well thanks.

I'm tough. I have taken on hits, I've blocked. I even got MVP for blocking one game and I didn't even touch a ball that game.

With the kind of power that I have - no one hits as hard as I do in the featherweight division.

It's football. You take weird hits. That's what you prepare for in the offseason so your body can take all those weird hits and you can get right back up.

Chris Gayle is the biggest hitter. He hits long, he hits big, he is a big dude.

I see myself as a line-drive hitter first.

I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

I want to be an impact hitter. I want to be a guy that's in the lineup and he's an impact. I want people to be like, 'Arenado's coming up.'

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.