Sandy Koufax Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated.

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

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 was short with my fastball and breaking ball.

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

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.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

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.

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.

I think I'm constantly trying to grow as a pitcher. You start going out there, you're learning stuff, you're finding different ways to try to get guys out. Trying to be creative.

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

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

If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts - or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you've established.

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

Because I have so much life on my pitches, I can get away with getting too much of the plate every now and then.

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

I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.

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

I know when I get to 0-2, 1-2, when I'm ahead in the count, that I hold a distinct advantage over every single hitter. I have so many options because I don't have to work within the strike zone anymore.