Power Hitter Quotes

I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.

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

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

Chris Gayle is an incredible player. A big guy, with phenomenal power and a very big bat. It's quite the combo.

When I was drafted, I didn't know any better. I didn't think I had to hit for power.

Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You could see right away that this young man was a natural. He had those real big hands, great power and speed and would catch everything hit in his direction. He's the best center fielder that ever lived, no question.

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

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

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.

Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

I don't hit home runs in BP.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

To me, hitting the ball in the air means hitting a line drive, and I hit far more balls in the air.

Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.

A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a couple of years ago, A-Rod went to the hospital and promised a dying kid he'd ground out to second for him.

Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms.

I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.

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

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.

John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.

I was always the kind of hitter that if you threw it 92 miles per hour at me, I'd hit it right back at you.

I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.