Quotes About Adaptation

I have to be better maybe on the weak side of the offense, on closeouts.

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.

Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.

You know a guy. You know what's their best pitch. But catching it - that's different.

I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of it and that's normally my go-to (pitch).

I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

The more matches I play, the better I feel on the pitch.

It's one thing trying it in training and another entirely on the pitch.

I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout instead of the pitch.

My adaptation on the pitch has gone in parallel with my adaptation to London.

I think, when I was younger and I was on loan, I used to get nervous before games, but as you get older, you adapt to it, and it becomes second nature to walk out onto the pitch and perform.

In Brazil, the coach respects the player's characteristics. In Europe, they are used to playing with two lines of four players, and they don't want to know what you can do. There, if you are a forward, the coach sends you on to the pitch just to run. You have to run, and that's it.

Within the changing room, everyone has always known I'm best when I pitch the ball up and get a little bit of movement.

You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.

That's a thing you always hear - the hitters make adjustments. I think the pitcher has to make some adjustments, too.

I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now.

I think I'm constantly trying to grow as a pitcher. You start going out there, you're learning stuff, you're finding different ways to try to get guys out. Trying to be creative.

You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the same.

Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.

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.

Pitchers made an adjustment to me. It's up to me to come up with an answer.