Bruce Sutter Quotes

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

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

I threw a lot of fastballs in college.

I never resorted to the spitter until I was obliged to. I nearly ruined my arm throwing curves.

Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. I've never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.

I had some great pitchers while in St. Louis. At first, they only 'pitched' the ball fifty feet. They had an allowance of six bases on balls, which was neutralized to some extent by four strikes. Later on, the 'throw' became a free-for-all, overhand, or any style the pitcher chose.

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

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

When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason and able to do that, as a pitcher you have to keep up.

I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher.

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.

But because I could throw so hard when I got to college they made me a pitcher.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

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