Jake Arrieta Quotes

I never actually thought about my delivery. I was always just throwing the ball.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.

I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.

I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top of it and using some leverage to get it down in the strike zone or get some depth with the ball.

My throwing motion is what it is.

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

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

There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.

When you're throwing the football the way you want to, you're not thinking about it. You're not thinking about your drop or your release point or the trajectory or where your feet are. It's just coming off your hand exactly the way you want it to, fluid and confident.

I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.

I don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at.

My curveball is a C-.

I know I can throw.

As a new ball bowler, it's my job to stick to the basics.

Within the changing room, everyone has always known I'm best when I pitch the ball up and get a little bit of movement.

There's got to be a fine line where I can find I'm still throwing the ball how I usually throw it, but it's able to dive down after a certain height and get to the guy.

I've got a quick release and I can throw the ball accurately as long as I bring my feet with me.

I'm a breaking-ball pitcher.

Pitching is both an art and a science.

I try to throw a pretty catchable ball. I like to think I do.

Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction.

The key to my accuracy is making sure my feet are set right and trying to have a more polished throwing motion, a more polished stroke, you can say. When my feet are right, my hips are allowed to open a little better, which is kind of where your accuracy comes from.