Christy Mathewson Quotes

• You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

  Christy Mathewson

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never see that one again.

  Christy Mathewson

  Notes, Made

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• A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

  Christy Mathewson

  Baseball, Boys, Should Have

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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

  Christy Mathewson

  Hitting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained.

  Christy Mathewson

  Self Confidence, Fake, Lost

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• Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.

  Christy Mathewson

  Luck, Break, Combination

  Christy Mathewson, John Neville Wheeler (1994). “Pitching in a Pinch, Or, Baseball from the Inside”, p.233, U of Nebraska Press

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• Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

  Christy Mathewson

  Sports, Baseball, Umpires

  Christy Mathewson (2013). “Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside”, p.76, Penguin

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• I am not a veteran environmentalist. I don't live in a house made of recycled tires, I've never handcuffed myself to a tree, and I don't grow my own organic rutabaga.

  Christy Mathewson

  House, Tree, Veteran

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• A pitcher is not a ballplayer.

  Christy Mathewson

  Pitcher

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• No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw.

  Christy Mathewson

  Men, Yellow, Nerves

  Christy Mathewson (2013). “Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside”, p.31, Penguin

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• 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.

  Christy Mathewson

  Fans, Pitching, Stewardship

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.

  Christy Mathewson

  Travel, Spring, Journey

  Christy Mathewson (2013). “Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside”, p.93, Penguin

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• If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting...It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.

  Christy Mathewson

  Baseball, Heart, Player

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