Dwight Gooden Quotes

When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. The pitcher was there to throw me a ball to hit. The catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn't give me what I wanted the first time. And the umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch.

Sometimes results mean something, as there are difficulties, but it depends how you play. You might not win, as you don't create chances, or you might dominate and not take your chances.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

Obviously, you want to demand the puck; you want to have it as much as you can because you feel like good things can happen when it's on your stick.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

With the cricket, I knew what I was doing - to a degree.

I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there. No clock - nothing happens until I throw that thing. Nothing happens. I love that feeling.

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

I also think that I had great mechanics.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.

If I have got a swing, I have got a shot.

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness.

When you're on top, you're on top.

Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.