Bobby Bonilla Quotes

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.

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

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

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 consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.

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

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

I see myself as a line-drive hitter first.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

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

I'm pretty close to Miguel Cabrera. We are such different hitters, but at the same time, we're pretty close because we both like to hit the ball middle-away.

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

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.

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

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

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

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

Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.

I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.

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.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

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 was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.