David Cone Quotes

I love to pitch so much.

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

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

Pitching is a priority.

Striking out batters was easy.

He did not care which direction the car was travelling, so long as he was in the driver’s seat.

The sense of power is as strong a principle in the mind as the love of pleasure.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

Everybody wants power and control in their life.

Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.

Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.

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

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

I like being in charge of the remote control.

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.