Quotes About Athletics

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.

I'm a good hitter for a pitcher.

If you're a starting pitcher, the ball's in your hands and all eyes are you. And when you're kicking, either you missed it or you made it. So there's a lot of parallels in that.

You can't use your hot pitcher three nights in a row. You've got to let your stars freshen up and back off them.

A pitcher's windup and throw is an explosive, coordinated full-body movement. They perform the move once, then rest, then perform it again. There is nothing aerobic about it.

I'm a breaking-ball pitcher.

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.

Short pitchers often have compact, repeatable mechanics that can lead to good control and command.

I definitely played on a lot of muddy northern pitches.

You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.

You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the nine hole, if you can put together an at-bat or you can see some different pitches that helps give you an advantage competitively, it can make your lineup stronger.

I'm a big guy, right? But I began to realize that by actually using my body like a big guy, I couldn't control my pitches the way I wanted to.

Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

Pitching is both an art and a science.

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

You have to have good starting pitching to win.