Dan Uggla Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
March 11, 1980

Daniel Cooley Uggla is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals. In 2010, Uggla won the Silver Slugger Award at second base

Every player feels like they can play at this level. Not every player gets an opportunity. I was fortunate to get an opportunity. Everything's kind of worked out real well.

Dan Uggla
If you live your life the right way, you work hard, you go about things the right way, eventually something good's going to come of it.

Dan Uggla
- Life
- Work
- Hard

The first couple months, I was hitting the ball hard but had some awful, awful luck. You stay positive, keep grinding out some at-bats, get a couple to fall through, get a little confidence going and keep going from there.

Dan Uggla
All the stuff about who's hitting behind you and who's hitting in front of you-it plays a little bit of a part. But you can't just base your approach off that because you'll end up getting beat in the end.

Dan Uggla
- Approach
- Beats
- Behind
Any way I can produce runs and keep runs off the board for the other team, that's what I'm going to try to do.

Dan Uggla
- Team
- Produce
- Board
If you let your hitting bother your defense, you are not going to be very good.

Dan Uggla
- Going
- Defense
- Hitting
When I start thinking in the batter's box, that's when I get into trouble.

Dan Uggla
- Thinking
- Trouble