Vernon Wells Quotes

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

The offseason after the 2014 season, I worked with hitting coach Damon Mashore. I always had power in batting practice but couldn't take it into a game consistently. We made a little adjustment with my hands, lowered them a bit to get a consistent path to the ball, a natural uppercut to elevate the ball and backspin some balls.

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

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

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.

A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

I grew up in an era where the perfect drive was a line drive, with quite a bit more spin.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.

Obviously, being a first baseman, you're kind of expected to hit some home runs. Obviously, that goes into your head; it gets into my head a little bit.

I don't hit home runs in BP.

I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're not going to get to the big leagues.' Every game, you're going to get a fastball.

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.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

I think you start hitting home runs, and you start getting caught up in seeing how far you can hit them. They're fun, but you really only have to hit them a foot over the fence. They all count the same.

Once I found my swing, I feel like if I put a good swing on it, I feel like it's got a good chance to go wherever - left, right, center - it doesn't matter. But I'm not just out here going to swing for home runs of anything. I'm just trying to put a good swing on the baseball.

I want to be able to drive the ball to all fields.