Quotes from Max Scherzer

A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the postseason, sometimes how you might have to pitch on two days' rest out of the pen, only throw one inning and then you have to go face the best hitters. That's what you do in the All-Star Game.

I've said it, I'll keep saying it, I want to be in Detroit. I've really enjoyed my time here. I really enjoy the clubhouse and everyone that's involved.

When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.

Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?

In previous experiences of being in the All-Star Games, you know, seeing the hometown players and how the fans get behind the hometown players, it's always been a special moment just watching that from afar and being on the other side.

Any time I've put extra work in, I see results.

That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to make it. You need an education, that's why for me, it was such an important decision to go to college and further my education to provide me a safety net in case this didn't work out.

There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain different ways to look at things.

Sometimes in this game, you get punched in the face. And you've got to be able to take it and learn from it.

If you're constantly just trying to go in this win-loss cycle that MLB is pushing, you are creating bandwagon fans, and that's not the type of fans you want to create.

When there's too many teams that are not trying to win, that poisons the game, poisons the fan experience, and it creates bandwagon fans.

That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.

I need to eat a large meal before I play, and the one thing that was kind of consistent in every single clubhouse at least in the minors was a roast beef sandwich. So that kind of stuck there, and it just kind of stuck in the big leagues as well.

Put as much pressure on me as possible. I have no qualms handling that, because I expect that out of myself.

I'm looking to generate strikeouts in every way I can.

Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done in those situations.

I just continue to keep getting better.

Celebrating with your team after wins, that's the best.

I'm aware of the luck in [BABIP], but at the same time, you can't directly influence it. You can just keep mixing your patterns, executing and locating, That's the human element of this game.

When you look at starting pitchers, once they make it through year four, then - knock on wood - you see a lot of injury risk go down.

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

You worry about how you're throwing the ball, how you're executing your pitches.

All of the off-field stuff, I can promise you, it doesn't even register with me.

For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that.