When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the…

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help…

— Rogers Hornsby

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

— Pete Rose

“The batter’s box was a cage designed to crush his spirit.”

— Michael Lewis

When you go up there in the batter's box, you're engaged to hit. It's the same thing with baserunning.

— Dave Martinez

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have…

— Pete Rose

You realize you're up here for a reason, and no matter who's in the batter's box, I feel like if I can execute my…

— Patrick Corbin

When I start thinking in the batter's box, that's when I get into trouble.

— Dan Uggla

Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed and erupted…

— John Steinbeck

“In baseball, when you get into the batter's box, that's it. It's just you. It's one man against the world. All that matters in…

— Barry Lyga

At the end of the day, it's a series of individual challenges played out against a team defense. It's a psersonal test every time…

— Barry Lyga

Maybe the day will come when I can sit back and be content…But until that day comes, I intend to stay in the batter's…

— Hank Aaron

I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

— Rogers Hornsby

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going…

— Mark McGwire

When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

A tempura batter has a lifespan of only moments before the flour becomes too saturated with water and a fresh batter must be made.

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt