Quotes About Pitching

When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.

The advanced stats are great to look at for my long-term goals and what I'm trying to accomplish. It shows me there is an inherent failure in pitching. The luck involved, the factors you can't control. You just have to let go of those and focus on the next batter, the next game.

There are headlines that I remember pitching that I think I know that they're not any good. But some part of my heart is attached to them. Like I had this one that was 'Spork Used as Knife.'

You have to have good starting pitching to win.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

I knew I would always be an artist, but when you move to Nashville, this is a writer's town. I moved here to focus on that and started pitching demos and immediately was asked to be an artist.

I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it.

I didn't understand that TV writing wasn't writing; it was pitching.

I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.

I listen to Zedd or Tiesto. I like listening to that type of music before I'm pitching.

When I went to my first practice, I really didn't know what to wear. The coach came up and introduced himself and said, 'What position do you want to play?' I said, 'I can pitch. I'll try pitching.' It kind of went from there.

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.

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

I really pride myself on not missing starts and being able to take the ball when it's my turn, I want to be able to do my job and take my turn. Especially in the playoffs.

You feel like a stud out there when people swing and miss. As I've gotten older, I've preached to our young guys that strikeouts are sexy, but outs are outs, man, no matter how you get them. It's a lot cooler for me pitching in the seventh or eighth inning than it is going 5 1/3. Your manager likes it a lot more, too.

Everybody here has the ability to throw a fastball down and away or throw a breaking ball in the dirt for a swing and a miss. But are we able to stay in that moment and understand what we're trying to accomplish and see it in our mind before we execute and then make the pitch?

I no longer really ever like to be pitched. Instead, I prefer to engage in a relationship as part of learning the other person.

David did not have any show ideas about diners, but he knew never to say no while pitching a television executive. "Sure," he extemporized, dreaming up a name on the spot. "I have Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a hit or not really doesn't affect the way you continue to approach that lineup, especially with a five-run lead.

I try to get early contact and keep it on the ground. I like to keep the ball down as much as I can.

I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.

I can sell anything. I'm very convincing.