Pete Rose Quotes

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope.

I'm pretty proud of my fastball. I can throw a screwball. It's not as accurate, and I don't have the velocity like I do with my fastball, but I think my fastball is not too shabby.

You continue to try to hammer out fastball command the best you can.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.

I guess I set a world record for errors. I had a pretty good arm, see, but I didn't have much control.

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

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

Striking out batters was easy.

I watch all the pitchers I admire. I love watching Cliff Lee. It looks easy for him when he's on the mound; he's almost like an artist. He knows exactly how to get guys out.

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.

I can throw strikes any time.

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

My slider's been very, very good to me.

I hope people know I can throw now.