Albert Pujols Quotes

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.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?'

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.

If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.

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

You can't go up there trying to get hits. You can just go up there trying to put together at-bats and square the baseball up.

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

I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.

I like to hit with men in scoring position.

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.

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

You feel a lot more in your hands if the pitch gets in on you and busts you in the handle. It stings. But when you catch it square, it doesn't seem like you feel it as much.

If someone throws you a good slider, you're not going to hit it. You've got to always hunt those ones that kind of pop up or hang thigh-high or up.

A line drive to the warning track on one pitch, I'll take that over a strikeout any day.

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

You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

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

After all, there's only one aswer to be made to the young fellow who is asking constantly for advice as to how to hit. The answer is: "Pick out a good one and sock it!

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

Solo homers usually come with no one on base.