Aaron Judge Quotes

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

He slides into second with a stand up double.

I pitched and I played the outfield.

I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.

I wanted to play baseball!

That white man not only stood up at the plate but knocked the ball over the fence.

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

I just know how to run, and that is what I do.

That's how baseball works. You put some good swings on the ball and it goes out of there.

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field.

Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.

I go running when I have to. When the ice cream truck is doing sixty.

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.

There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.

I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.

Summer runs out the way a centerfielder runs out of real estate - slowly at first, then all at once.