Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

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

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.

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

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.