Greg Maddux Quotes

My curveball is a C-.

I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.

The more you do a stunt, the more you increase the risk of something happening.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

There is no safety where there is no strength.

If you fell down, you were dead.

Before all else, be armed.

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

Some people get nervous when I run because quarterbacks, they gotta go down and stay healthy.

You can't go into the cage and not love it, and you can't go in there unprepared. You have to prepare.

I'm amazed people talk about my helmet - saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I'm not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I'm told by the doctor I'm running too much risk to play without it, I'll play with it. There's no other way for me.

Any football game, you can be hit one way or another. It's not the safest sport that we play; it's a beautifully violent game, and that's what, in part, I love about it.

No gloves cut a bit more, but that's not a problem if you don't fear blood.

I understand why my mum and my wife can't bear to watch me fight. There's a lot of blood, a lot of pain.

I pride myself on knowing the defense.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

You can only fall so far through a tree before the limbs become abrasive to your body.

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

Defense doesn't matter enough.

I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.