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You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.

I've never been a guy that's consistently hit home runs. It's always seemed to come, like, three or four in a week or two, and then I'll shut it down for a couple of weeks.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.