Pitcher Quotes - Page 2

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

  Dizzy Dean

  Play, World, Pitching

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• A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

  Sandy Koufax

  Sports, Guy, Definitions

  "22 Success Lessons from Baseball". Book by Ron White, 2003.

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• What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

  Warren Spahn

  Baseball, Challenges, What Is Life

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

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• The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.

  Dizzy Dean

  Smart, Curves, Different

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

  Early Wynn

  Baseball, Hate, Pitching

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

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

  Warren Spahn

  Two, Needs, Pitching

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

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• I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silence so far, without spilling a drop.

  Jeffrey McDaniel

  Silence, Ignored, Spilling

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• The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.

  Sandy Koufax

  Baseball, Winning, Trying

  "My Greatest Day in Baseball, and Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury". Book by Paul Dickson, 2008.

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• I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.

  Don Drysdale

  Baseball, Hate, Games

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• The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

  Marge Piercy

  Business, Real, Work

  "To Be of Use" l. 26 (1973)

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• When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

  Don Drysdale

  Curves, Gloves, Want

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• When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.

  Don Drysdale

  Sports, Screw Ups, World

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• If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

  Jamie Moyer

  Consistency, Important, Ifs

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• The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

  Al Leiter

  Play, Chess, Settings

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• My favorite part (of the game) is knowing that they're comfortable, knowing that, no matter
  what, they can count on me. What I really enjoy most about catching is the
  relationship with a pitcher. The most important thing is they can relax when I'm
  back there and know that I did my job, I did some homework on hitters.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Games, Knowing

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• The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.

  Shawn Achor

  Glasses, Water, Important

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• Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.

  Tris Speaker

  Baseball, Heard, Converting

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• Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.

  Randy Johnson

  Games, Bird, Relax

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• When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.

  Future

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

  Source: uproxx.com

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• A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it's all over baby.

  Don Drysdale

  Baby, Cancer, Cuffs

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• Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

  Frank Robinson

  Sports, Favors, Determined

  Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.

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• I don’t like pitchers who walk hitters. It puts pressure on your defense. The less walks you have, the better your chances of getting through innings. More walks lead to overworking your bullpen, sometimes just by having to get somebody up, just in case.

  Kevin Towers

  Defense, Pressure, Chance

  "Q&A: Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks GM". Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. December 26, 2012.

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• Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

  Garth Brooks

  Summer, Jobs, Giving Up

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• Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.

  Alvin Dark

  Baseball, Trying, Racist

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• I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Baseball, Believe, Tradition

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1961). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960-1961”, p.684, Best Books on

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