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title: "3 Bats Quotes By Chili Davis"
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> [The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/the-first-time-i-picked-up-a-bat-in-a-professional-game-i-hit-a-ball/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/chili-davis-23591_balls_the-first-time-i-picked-up-a-bat-in-a-pr_945907.jpg)

> [There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/there-are-certain-things-i-can-t-do-certain-pitches-i-can-t-hit-you/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/chili-davis-23591_ahead_there-are-certain-things-i-can-t-do-cert_1820652.jpg)

> [You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/you-fool-around-with-different-pitches-playing-catch-but-it-s-not-the/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/chili-davis-23591_around_you-fool-around-with-different-pitches-p_2708208.jpg)

## Other authors on Bats

## More by Chili Davis

> [If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/if-i-stayed-in-this-game-for-individual-achievements-i-don-t-think-i/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [You don't get old being stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/you-don-t-get-old-being-stupid/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/i-ve-got-a-fastball-change-up-forkball-curve-slider-knuckle-slider/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [It all comes down to when spring training comes. Do you want to go or don't you? If you want to go, you go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/it-all-comes-down-to-when-spring-training-comes-do-you-want-to-go-or/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [I think hitting is more a mentality than a philosophy. A philosophy is somebody telling you the way they think it should be. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/i-think-hitting-is-more-a-mentality-than-a-philosophy-a-philosophy-is/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/professionalism-is-not-sportsmanship-if-you-don-t-succeed-you-won-t/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [I don't think much about whether fans will remember me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/i-don-t-think-much-about-whether-fans-will-remember-me/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [I'm at the point in my career where to be a winner is more important than any individual things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/i-m-at-the-point-in-my-career-where-to-be-a-winner-is-more-important/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/i-used-to-lead-off-when-i-was-a-rookie-i-ve-always-been-able-to-bunt/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/the-toughest-thing-in-hitting-shouldn-t-be-deciding-when-to-swing-it/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [You know, the other day I gave all of my old Angels gear to Goodwill...and Goodwill gave it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/you-know-the-other-day-i-gave-all-of-my-old-angels-gear-to-goodwill/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/the-first-time-i-picked-up-a-bat-in-a-professional-game-i-hit-a-ball/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/individual-statistics-plate-time-and-everything-tend-to-come-but-the/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [It's good to know you're working for someone you're familiar with, who's a friend and he has your back and you have his back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/it-s-good-to-know-you-re-working-for-someone-you-re-familiar-with-who/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

> [When you go to other parks, they hang banners for the wild-card or Eastern Division or Western Division champions. Around here, they don't hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chili-davis/when-you-go-to-other-parks-they-hang-banners-for-the-wild-card-or/)

[Chili Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chili-davis/)

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