Contact Point Quotes

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.

A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.

You can't see the bat hit the ball if you're generating any bat speed. If you're just laying the bat through the strike zone, sure, maybe.

You know when you've hit a good shot. I use a bat that weighs two pounds and nine ounces, and it makes a reassuringly solid sound when I connect properly. The ball pings off the middle.

Yeah, if I see a ball in the zone then I'll try to put a good swing on it.

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Stay inside the ball, put the barrel on it, and swing hard.

I grew up in an era where the perfect drive was a line drive, with quite a bit more spin.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

You never hit a good slider or curveball; you just try to go after the mistakes.

Usually when you get on the sweet spot of the bat, you don't really feel it.

When the ball is swinging, you really need to play close to your body.

I always talk about it like I'm a hitter first and if I'm doing things right and my body's in the right place, I drive the baseball.

The great hitters use the whole field, and that's a goal of mine.

My batting practice would be a guy throwing balls in the way in which I liked it. It was all about getting ball on bat, rather than something whizzing past your ear.

I want to be able to drive the ball to all fields.

Hitting is not an exact science.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.