Greg Maddux 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.

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

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 could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you, so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.

I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of it and that's normally my go-to (pitch).

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

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

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

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

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

At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.

I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it in three or four. It's the homework and the process between starts that I really focus on to help me do that.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.

Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

When you're spinning a two-seam, getting on the side of the ball to get more run or sink can be good, but it can really be detrimental to your four-seam.

Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do.

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

If someone throws you a good slider, you're not going to hit it. You've got to always hunt those ones that kind of pop up or hang thigh-high or up.

My batting mentality is to see the ball and hit it. I don't know what bowlers see while batting.

Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.

Hitters are too big, too strong, and their bats are too quick. I have to go inside to have success.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.