I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.
Each bowler has his own pride when bowling in the nets but it's vital that you get ball on bat and then you are ready to use the opportunity when you are out in the middle.
I have played incredible knocks with the lightest of bats.
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
I know I'm good when I'm hitting the ball the other way - that's Albert Pujols.
The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.
I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.
Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.
The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get on base and set the tone.
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.
Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.
I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.
If I can bat against someone who is bowling 145 kph on a challenging wicket - that confidence is really important.
Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!
I think Rohit Sharma is an awesome player in all varieties of the game.
In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.
Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.
I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.
The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change.
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
He bats like a lightning rod.
My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.
Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him (Rod Carew), and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hits my grease. He sees the ball so well, I guess he can pick out the dry side.
