Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

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

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.

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

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.

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.