Bob Uecker Quotes

That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

When you're a kid, you just hope you make it to the big leagues. So to get to go say you're going to play in the World Series, it's an incredibly special moment. Up there with getting married and having kids, it's right up there with one of the best days of my life.

I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball

I want to be the best leadoff hitter of our time.

Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in your hometown, I don't think you could have planned that.

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

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

It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.

I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.

I see myself as a line-drive hitter first.

If I'm making consistent contact, even if they're outs or right at somebody, if I'm just making consistent contact, I'm happy.

I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!

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

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.