Tim Hudson Quotes

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

I was short with my fastball and breaking ball.

The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

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

I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch.

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didn't use it much. He didn't want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.

I've got some good movement on my sinking fastball, and I rely on that.

When you're spinning a two-seam, getting on the side of the ball to get more run or sink can be good, but it can really be detrimental to your four-seam.

That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.

I want to throw a faster fastball. I want a sharper curve. I want to improve all my pitches.

I only know one way to pitch. I really do.

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.

I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters.

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

Half the time, I have trouble following our own pitcher's sequence.

When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.

That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.