Tom Seaver Quotes

• In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

  Tom Seaver

  Leadership, Sports, Baseball

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.

  Tom Seaver

  Honor, Special, Privilege

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• God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.

  Tom Seaver

  New York, Fans, Mets

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• There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Two, League

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• A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Athlete, Boys

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• If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Thinking, Bigs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fenway is the essence of baseball

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Essence

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• The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

  Tom Seaver

  Dedication, Lost, Concentration

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• These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They’d be telling our soldiers: ‘That’s enough. You’ve fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!’

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Running, War

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• Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best.

  Tom Seaver

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

  Tom Seaver

  Artist, Pitching, Quitting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No one had more impact on my career than Gil Hodges. Playing for him was a
  learning experience, and he was a tower of strength. Not everbody liked him, but
  everybody respected him. He went about his job in a very professional manner,
  and it caused me to do the same with my job.

  Tom Seaver

  Jobs, Impact, Careers

  Tom Seaver, Martin Appel (1984). “Tom Seaver's all-time baseball greats”, Atheneum

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• If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

  Tom Seaver

  Winning, United States, Vietnam

  "Big Sexy Does the Impossible" by Matthew Hoh, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2016.

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• Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.

  Tom Seaver

  Successful, Thinking, Looks

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• Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

  Tom Seaver

  Games, Foundation, Pitching

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• Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations and rise to the occasion with consistency and a competitive spirit.

  Tom Seaver

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.

  Tom Seaver

  Yankees, Fans, Yankee Fans

  Tom Seaver, Martin Appel (1984). “Tom Seaver's all-time baseball greats”, Atheneum

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• Pitch within yourself.

  Tom Seaver

  Motivational, Baseball

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• My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

  Tom Seaver

  Three, Lasts

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• There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.

  Tom Seaver

  Different, Pitcher, Values

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• The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Rising, Fastballs

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• The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

  Tom Seaver

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

  Tom Seaver

  Winning, Curves, Pitching

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• Do you think it's easy to just walk up to Joe DiMaggio and start up a
  conversation? I've been around him at old-timers' games, and believe me, he's
  someone special. It's not easy to walk over and say, 'How ya doin', Joe, whaddya
  say?' You really feel as though this is the one old-timer you have to call
  Mister.

  Tom Seaver

  Believe, Thinking, Games

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• It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.

  Tom Seaver

  Baseball, Games, Radio

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