Chili Davis Quotes

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

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.

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.

Baseball began early for me. When I was 5, my father took two Little League bats and put them on a lathe. He whittled them down and sanded the bats so they were the proper size for my brother and me. He began by throwing tennis balls to us. Eventually, we practiced hitting and fielding at a field near our house.

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

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

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!

From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name on my jersey, be in the clubhouse with major-league players, see my family for the first time in three months, be in my home state and pitch the day I got called up, was incredible.

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!

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

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

When I started in professional baseball, I had what you might call a rude awakening. See this scar right next to my left ear? That's where the pitcher hit me the very first time I came to bat as a pro. I was out cold for about 10 minutes.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

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

The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.

If my barrel meets the ball, I think good things are going to happen.

I love to be around baseball.

You don't hope to go up and hit a single. You go up and hope to hit a home run.