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Keep your head on the ball. You've got to hit it first, then look where it goes. People get in trouble when they look for where the ball's going, and they haven't even hit it yet.

See the ball; hit the ball.

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

If you're free of mechanical thoughts and free of knowing that your body and bat are going to be in the right position at the right time, you can freely focus on the ball. It's a great feeling.

The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don't work on it - at least get some shots up or dribble the ball.

My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.