Jon Lester Quotes

I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.

It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.

I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.

Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.

I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit.

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

But I'm not looking forward to trying to strike out a lot of guys.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for the help from the Almighty to hit the home run. And as he does that, I say to myself, 'God screwed the pitcher.' And I don't know how else you look at it.

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.

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

I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as a high school pitcher, but it was like everybody knew that I was supposed to be a catcher. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw.