“We just didn't have the firepower last year. I want to be able to strike quickly, but I also want to be able to control the ball.”
Cecil Ratliff
“Probably one of the best ball-striking days I've had this year. If I continue to strike the ball like I did and improve my putting, I think I'll be right in there.”
Hale Irwin
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
William Butler Yeats
“Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking”
Oliver Cromwell
“When I'm able to throw my breaking ball for strikes, I'm going to be successful,”
Shawn Chacon
“(Jones) threw a lot of strikes. This being our first game of the year, our offense is not where it should be. And he took advantage of that.”
Troy Thompson
“His command of the strike zone is a lot better. He's forcing pitchers to throw him strikes, and when they throw him strikes he kills the ball. No. 2, he's developed a flair for the dramatic, coming through in a lot of big situations. Those are things MVPs are made of.”
Chipper Jones
