Quotes About Pitching

In baseball, I was always in control of everything until I let the ball go.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

The way I pitch is the way I pitch. I'm not going to change my overall philosophy. I'll just go out and pitch.

The human heart needs only the bare elements to survive, the human brain wants to the limitlessness of tolerance. Finding yourself is a matter of pitching your tent in the middle.

As long as we win games while I'm on the mound, I feel good.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

At home, when I'm not pitching, I'll sit and sign autographs for the kids. I've always done that and I'll continue to do it. That's part of the job.

If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.

You pitch outside, you throw inside," he liked to say.

I think just calling up a VC and saying 'I want to pitch you' is an enormous waste of time.

There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.

Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out of them. I've taken something from probably every average to above-average pitcher I've ever played with - what they do. You see what they do and how you can put that into your game.

The family on my mom's side, their whole business is inventing and pitching stuff. My grandfather is in infomercials. He's a pitchman, so if you're ever watching TV late at night, you'll probably see him pitching knives. My great-grandfather also invented the plastic cheese grater.

I don't have to pitch movies. I'm no good at it!

I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

I love to pitch so much.

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).

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

I really like Dontrelle Willis' pitch; he's animated on the mound and is fun to watch - he gets into the game emotionally.

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.