Tom Seaver Quotes

The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.

I am a winner. I just didn't win today.

The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Boxing has been great for me because it's, like, my new sport, so it's something that I can get better at.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

It doesn't really matter to me whether you start or not. I play a lot of fourth quarters. I think that's what's most important to me. I think that's what I've always cared about, just having an opportunity to finish games when it's really winning time.

I don't really care about my game, honestly. I just want to win.

I just want to play well, and I want to win.

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.

I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.

It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

Sports taught me that I can make a mistake one minute, let it go, and be brilliant the next.

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

I get over bad games right away. Sometimes I've let it go even before I've left the mound. That quick. Why? Because it's over. What can you do about it? Nothing. The only thing you can do is fight if you're still in the game. After that you can do nothing.

I'm a tough guy, and I like pitching in tough games.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost.

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.