There's so much difference having arm ability. You have to be able to throw it hard. You have to be able to throw it with touch. You have to be able to do everything in this league, and I try to get better at every single one of those throws every single day.
I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.
I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit.
I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.
When I'm healthy, I can still pitch. I know I can still pitch at that level and get the results that I want.
Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.
I don't know what my record's going to be. I can't dictate it. I mean, obviously I have to pitch well, but it also takes the guys at the plate to show up as well.
Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion.
No, I think the pitching today has more depth.
To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible.
Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.
I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun.
But because I could throw so hard when I got to college they made me a pitcher.
I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.
Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.
I can throw strikes any time.
Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.
