Quotes About Hitting

I think, obviously, there's a bunch of technology with TrackMan, and all of the different launch monitors, that help tell you what is best. But, for me, it's a lot about what is going to come out from that initial window of hitting that ball.

Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.

I could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.

I have to go with the approach I had in Triple-A. I need to take a lot of those fastballs I am seeing to left field. Also must gear up for the changeup and take them up the middle.

I don't like to guess. Just react. Some guys are guess hitters. I just could never do it. If you guess and guess wrong, you have no shot of hitting anything else.

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you'd be the greatest hitter of all time. I think my average is a little better than that.

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.

A lot of people go up there and think about what they're going to do - I just hit. I relax and don't think about anything. I just want to hit the ball as hard and as far as I can.

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

I'm not scared of it. I'm not shy of it or afraid of it. It's just funny to think of me as a three-hole hitter.

The offseason after the 2014 season, I worked with hitting coach Damon Mashore. I always had power in batting practice but couldn't take it into a game consistently. We made a little adjustment with my hands, lowered them a bit to get a consistent path to the ball, a natural uppercut to elevate the ball and backspin some balls.

To me, hitting the ball in the air means hitting a line drive, and I hit far more balls in the air.

New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know.

Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach.

In football, you're hitting, so you might as well hit in practice.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.

I like football. It's fun winning the ball from someone. It's fun shooting at goal. It's fun hitting a ball over 60 metres that arrives. It's like in golf: if you hit a ball, and it flies and flies and flies, you enjoy it.

I've always loved hitting, and even as a kid, I always hit.

I love to talk about hitting. It's a passion of mine.

I think everyone's favorite part of the game is hitting - especially when you're having success - considering it's so hard to do.

The biggest thing, when I'm hitting, is the ability to feel like I can move fast and powerfully.