Stephen Strasburg Quotes

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).

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

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.

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

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

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.

If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit.

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.

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

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

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

I was short with my fastball and breaking ball.

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

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

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

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

I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when I want to have a pitch where I want to strike you out.

I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.

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.

Learn the league, learn the pitchers, learn how they're going to go after you.

I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

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

You never hit a good slider or curveball; you just try to go after the mistakes.