Hard Quote by Dan Quinn

Number one, from a tackling standpoint, we teach strike zone hits, and we want to hit absolutely as hard as we can in that…

— Dan Quinn

Once you can control that strike zone, you can make better swings and hit the ball better every time.

— Xander Bogaerts

Sometimes we're going to take marginal pitches on the edges and get called out on strike, but we want to get a pitch that…

— Alex Bregman

In football, you're hitting, so you might as well hit in practice.

— Logan Mankins

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

— Pablo Sandoval

When you get onto the ball, people think three or four times before deciding whether to try and tackle you. Your opponents respect you,…

— Rivaldo

Back in the day, before I really started to work on defense, I would just take ground balls, whatever, a couple, and then I'd…

— Nolan Arenado

As a catcher, you have to put your focus on what you're doing defensively. You learn how to put your at-bats aside if you're…

— Buster Posey

Ultimately, the goal of hitting is to get your mind out of the way and let your body take over - and to slow…

— Stacey Nuveman

I think just having an understanding of how hard it is to hit in general when you're able to throw a bunch of different…

— Max Fried

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

— Rajon Rondo

When we are up against a team with a lot of talent that plays well, we have to run hard, go into the tackle…

— Weston McKennie