Zach LaVine Quotes

All it takes to play baseball is a strong arm, good speed, and the coordination to hit the ball. That's it.

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 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 don't know what my numbers are as a DH, but the fact that you're sitting basically for three hours and 38 minutes of a baseball game, you're hoping you get four or five at-bats.

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

Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.

I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.

I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.

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

Usually, my track record's pretty good with guys on base.

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

The biggest thing is, you don't hit the good sliders; you just hit the mistakes. That's what my thing has always been: Just keep hunting mistakes.

I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also, I know I was not a power hitter.

I just try to make contact with the ball. It's obvious that I like to swing the bat. I'm not thinking of taking a lot of pitches.

I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.