George Herman Quotes

I just go out there and throw. That's what I've done my whole life.

Baseball is just a game you go out every single day and try to win, go in the cage every day and stick to your routine and try not to be results-based, even though that's what the game is based on.

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.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency.

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

Continuity is important in sports.

If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll work to be that.

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.

To win the World Series, you have to be able to do a lot of things well.

It's not about making the most shots or even dunking the ball or any of that. It's about being consistent every day you step on the court.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

As a player, I was always interested in tactics and how I can get better.

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

I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.

I wanted to be the best player, so I thought in order for me to be the best player, I had to guard the best player on the court.

I would like to come back in the World Series. And I want to pitch better.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you'd murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.

I was pitching on all adrenaline and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate.