Pitching Accuracy Quotes

When you're more comfortable out there, you start seeing different things, relaxing more, being able to trust your pitches more and not try to overdo things as much.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.

DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just remember not to twist your elbow or wrist. It should be thrown, with the wrist and grip set, just like your fastball, slightly off center - with the same velocity and intensity.

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.'

I just want to throw strikes. If I can't throw strikes, I'm worthless.

If I'm not going to make the pitch, then so be it. I'm not going to try to manipulate the ball or muscle the ball over the plate where I want it to go.

I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about.

I could throw the ball hard, but at this level if you're not accurate, it's easy for batters to light you up with home runs. That's when I started concentrating on making my movements more compact. It just seemed to me that smaller movements would produce the kind of pitching I desired.

There is no defense against the base on balls.

I'm a big guy, right? But I began to realize that by actually using my body like a big guy, I couldn't control my pitches the way I wanted to.

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

Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

I don't want to lose any of that passion for the game; as a bowler I need to have that real desire to get the batsman out and be in their face and be aggressive.

Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.

I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.