Carl Crawford Quotes

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.

I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

Defensively, hitting-wise, running the bases. There's always room to improve. That motivates me to get a little better every day.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

I wasn't going to be drafted to steal bases at 18.

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

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me.

There's nobody on my ball club that doesn't go from first to third on a base hit, or from second to home. Every time you steal a base, you're taking a gamble on getting thrown out, and taking the bat out of the hitter's hand.

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.

I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit.

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

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.

He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.

If it turns out that Mario doesn't really fit into the type of game I want, I wouldn't mind using Zelda as the basis of the new game.

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

I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

I really want to thank Annika Sorenstam. She helped me a lot about my game, about the mentals, and she told me go step by step.

England and America should scrap cricket and baseball and come up with a new game that they both can play. Like baseball, for example.