Harmon Killebrew Quotes

I wouldn't throw all spitballs. I'd go maybe two or three innings without throwing a spitter, but I always had them looking for it.

Gaylord (Perry) is a very honorable man. He only calls for the spitter when he needs it.

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

Most pitchers are too smart to manage.

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.

Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.

I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.

You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.

I have musical ADD, so I like to switch things up.

When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game.

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

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

[Describing FDR:] ... a man who thinks the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line but a corkscrew.

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

Wai Lin is the first Bond Girl who is on a par with Bond, someone who can match up with him mentally and physically. From the moment our characters see each other, there is a wariness and a recognition that this person is not who she or he seems to be.

These guys are playing checkers. I'm out here playing chess. When they figure it out, it's too late.

You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.

Dumb and tough goes a long way in this sport but to be elite, you've got to be smarter.

I'm not as athletic as some guys, so I have to counter that with a tremendous brain that thinks the game.