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.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.