Quotes About Performance

When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason and able to do that, as a pitcher you have to keep up.

I want the pitcher to know he can't take a pitch off, or I'm going to damage him.

I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.

I understand what sabermetrics get across, and what they're getting across is to keep it simple. Especially for me, as a pitcher, that's something that helps me - finding ways to keep it simple. Numbers can only tell so much.

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.

There's nothing like being a pitcher on the mound. You're by yourself. Ever since I was a little kid watching Pedro Martinez do it, night in and night out. I've always loved it.

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.

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.

Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.

Sometimes pitchers' duels are just as interesting as home-run affairs.

Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't be in there. They feel confident going up against lefties. If you look at most lefties' numbers, typically they happen to be better against lefties than against righties. That's all it is.

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

I hate when pitchers get me out multiple times. It's probably an ego thing, but I don't like that.

Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.

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

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

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

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.

There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.