Chipper Jones Hit Quotations

If this year doesn't satisfy people, then Andruw is fighting a battle he's never going to win. We always thought he could hit 40 homers and drive in 120. It was just a matter of putting it all together.

I would never have thought I would have hit home runs off both those guys. They both have dominant, No. 1-type stuff. It was just one of those nights.

We definitely hit little rut. Philly pitched us pretty tough, New York pitched us tough, and I'm sure Florida is going to pitch us pretty tough. It's not going to get any easier.

We better get it turned around quick. We need to pitch better and hit better. About the only thing we're doing is playing defense.

I've seen a guy who may or may not pinch hit in the eighth or ninth inning pop two before the game and another in the fifth inning. It's part of their pre-game ritual. Some guys have to have it.

I'm seeing the ball real well, and when I get a pitch to hit I'm not missing it, ... With the emergence of Andruw as an MVP candidate this year, guys are coming at me, making me earn my way on base. That's what I want to do.

Don Baylor used to say, 'Don't take batting practice. Just show up, get dressed, stay loose and go out there, see it, hit it.

It's good to see everybody respond. I think everybody got a hit tonight.

I don't see any reason why he can't do it again. Now, to ask him to hit 51 homers again is probably a little too much to ask. But I certainly think he can throw up 40 homers every year.