Jake Arrieta Quotes

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

You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

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

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

I certainly don't think adrenalin coursing through your veins, is going to help with the fine motor skills of golf.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

When you're clicking, you're not making mental mistakes. You're going out there. You're lining up fast.

I never casually shoot shots, ever. I shoot the same way every time. I shoot the same shots that I'd shoot during the game.

I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

Everybody asks if putting is like shooting free throws. It has a very similar kind of mindset. And it's just you, the ball, and the target.

When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

I can throw strikes any time.

I don't really listen to music before I go on court.

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

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.

I want to focus more on my pitches, not on the tempo. After that, I felt more comfortable.

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.

When you go out there, and you're in the ring, honestly, half the time you forget what city you're even in because you're so focused on what you're doing and the task at hand.

The more cricket you play in your head, the less you perform on the field. So let cricket, the sport, be on the field.