Batting Quotes · Page 5

Most institutional investors feel compelled to swing at almost every pitch and forgo batting selectivity for frequency.

— Seth Klarman

My batting practice would be a guy throwing balls in the way in which I liked it. It was all about getting…

— Viv Richards

I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.

— Vladimir Guerrero

I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better…

— Bob Uecker

I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him

— Hansie Cronje

I went from being one of the best players, batting .550, to not being able to do it mentally, hitting .200. I…

— Eric Weddle

When I was 12, I was taking batting practice with an aluminum bat at Tiger Stadium. I don't know where it landed…

— Prince Fielder

There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and thought my batting average was the temperature.

— Buck Martinez

There is only one way a boy can be sure to learn to play hockey - on the pond, on the creek,…

— Lester Patrick

During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games,…

— Pablo Sandoval

There have been times when I have not scored runs, but when I am batting well, it is my responsibility to put…

— Mayank Agarwal

I don't know about Cricket but still I watch Cricket to see Sachin play..Not because I love his play, its because I…

— Barack Obama

Obviously, when I go in at No. 11 it stands to reason that we will have a better chance of scoring runs…

— James Anderson

Obviously batting like in a Test match in T20 cricket's not really going to work. But you still want to stick to…

— Kane Williamson

I'm expecting big things from our bowlers, from Peter Siddle, who plays the enforcer role, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee…

— Glenn McGrath

A Home Run Derby is fun. It's just like taking batting practice, and you just want to go deep. Guys do it…

— Frank Thomas

If I'm in a situation that allows it, I can stay up until 5 A.M. without batting an eye, not even a…

— Mat Fraser

Me talking about my batting average and not getting hits is not going to help me do better tomorrow. Staying positive is…

— Marcus Semien

I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys…

— Ted Williams

It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to make a judgment.

— Adam Gilchrist

Kohli is a huge addition to the side not just because of his batting but with his attitude as well. He lifts…

— Sourav Ganguly

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

— Willie Stargell

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push.…

— Tim Kaine

In T20, you don't have time to get distracted - it's so quick, you have to run around in the field, and…

— Virat Kohli

The batting coach does his job. He tells them the basic faults and helps them improve their technique. But if the batsman…

— Sarfaraz Ahmed

What gets lost is we wouldn't be who we are and as successful as we have been if we didn't have a…

— Satya Nadella

I have been up and down the batting order and it's difficult. People don't always realise that.

— Moeen Ali

So, I am concentrating more on the batting aspect of my game and trying to get used to playing the anchor role.

— Ravindra Jadeja

“Thanks to technology, the future generation will be able to see Sachin's recorded innings and will accept that our generation was most…

— Amit Kalantri

It's not as if we can't play bounce well or do well only in India. It's just that in one or two…

— Ravindra Jadeja

My batting took some time to develop - I was batting at No. 10 initially but my bowling took off.

— Ravi Shastri

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

— John Slattery

Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any…

— Joe Maddon

As a batting captain, you do have to earn bowlers' trust, especially when it comes to fields.

— Jonathan Agnew

I never had a coach teach me, my style of batting, nor do I believe in coaching at an international level.

— Shahid Afridi

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

— Ricky Ponting

There is a lot of talk about how Twenty20 has changed batting techniques in Test cricket. But it has also had an…

— James Anderson

“Batting is like another language for Sachin, he always answers his critics by this language.”

— Amit Kalantri

You can never have a thousand percent batting average on jokes - it's just never going to happen.

— Paul Feig

In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to…

— Pete Rose