Plate Discipline Quotes

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 always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also, I know I was not a power hitter.

But hitting is so crazy. You feel great today and get three hits. And the next day you show up and it's, 'What happened to my mechanics? Where's my swing?' Sometimes I even Google it and the search comes up with no results.

I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.

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

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

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 believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

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.

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

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.

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.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.

I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.

Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.

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 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.

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.