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I try to keep it real simple. I try not to add a lot of frosting on what I'm doing. Just take the swing and don't muscle the swing, because if you get in the hitting position and you take the swing, I generate a lot more bat speed, and that works for me.

~Tony Gwynn

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Like a lot of kids, you kind of think baseball's boring - that's the perception.

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I'm a chemistry guy. I believe you've got to play together to have a chance to win.

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It's about getting in position and taking a swing. I don't care if you're taking steroids or not; if you don't do those two things, it's not going to matter anyway.

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Sometimes technique works better than a whole lot of other things.

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When I wake up in the morning, I don't think of myself as being better than anybody else. I think of myself as a good hitter.

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When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams shoes with the eight stripes on 'em. I used to play Little League, and I was Ted Williams-ed out.

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Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

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I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.

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I hate to say it, but, yeah, I'm a tobacco junkie.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: May 9th, 1960

Died: June 16th, 2014

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