Quotes About Precision

I'm like a pitcher. I'm either on or off.

I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

As a pitcher, you're supposed to succeed, and you're not supposed to give up a hit.

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

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.

Your pitches have to be sharp every time out.

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.

Pitching is both an art and a science.

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

Plan your free-kick and imagine where you need to hit the ball. Hang a T-shirt under the bar and try to hit it with the ball.

You want to go out there, and you want to be sharp, and you want to execute your game plan and... get it done fast.

I created a little thing with my hands, just to create a more consistent plane to backspin balls, and obviously growing into your body helps. It's kind of complicated, more about starting the barrel flat and then creating a movement - flat to up, I guess - going towards the pitcher.

My normal way of filming something is, like, one camera, very well planned out, knowing exactly how we're going to get each shot.

If you move in and out, throw shots and use angles and the guy's feet are planted, you look a lot better.

We know that we can't make contact with the baseball with our front foot not firmly planted in the ground. So, in our cage drills we work on being on time and not rushing this action.

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.

He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.

I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope.

If I'm not going to make the pitch, then so be it. I'm not going to try to manipulate the ball or muscle the ball over the plate where I want it to go.

If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.

Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.