Jack Adams Quotes

I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on both sides of the ball.

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.

Goaltending can steal you a series.

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs.

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.

Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really big season.

Rich Folkers is throwing 'em up in the bullpen.

I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.

There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.

I kind of realized I couldn't blow the ball by everybody. In high school I could do that, but now it's not going to work. I need to pitch.'

If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!

You've got to be ready for the fastball.

Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.

Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

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

Right now what's in my mind is going up there and being disciplined. I was swinging at so many pitches out of the strike zone, and when you do that, you're not going to get a chance to hit strikes. It makes it easier for the pitcher every time I do that.

Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.

The best compliment I've gotten was being compared to Randy Johnson. We're both hard-throwing.