Pitching Quotes

Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

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

Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

A pitcher is only as good as his legs.

When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.

Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

What, and give him (the batter) a chance to think on my time.

Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.

I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.

If you don't succeed at first, try pitching.

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

Everybody is so sensitive, you'd think Nolan Ryan was pitching.

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

You can always improve your bench and relief pitching.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.

A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

When an artist wants to paint a painting, they have all those things in their head that they want to portray on a canvas. It's the same thing when I'm pitching. I have all these thoughts going through my head about how I want to pitch: which pitch I want to throw here, and why do I want to throw it?

If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound.