Batting Success Quotes

Ask any batsman what gives him maximum satisfaction. It's scoring runs, whether it's Ranji Trophy or any form of the game. When you get back to your room, knowing that you have scored a hundred, it gives you satisfaction.

From a purely selfish, batting point of view, I couldn't bat any better than the 2010-11 Ashes and then in India in 2012. That was as good as I could play.

I used to be a mad hitter. And then I learned the longer you wait out the ball, the better you see it. And the better you see it, the harder you hit it. And the harder you hit it, the higher your average is going to be. And the higher your average is, the more money you're going to make.

If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you'd be the greatest hitter of all time. I think my average is a little better than that.

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.

I'm just trying to score as many runs as I can each time. The more I can make over a hundred, the better.

I feel that when you are chasing 270 there's always going to be pressure but you need the opening pair to give us a start so that the batters can take from thereon.

Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

There have been a few times in my career when I have been close to tears after completing an innings, but rarely when I am waiting to bat.

I am happy with my batting form. I have been bowling well, too, and have bowled long spells.