Pitching Quotes - Page 8

• The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the place, the place owned us.

  Jeannette Walls

  Mom, Strong, Sex

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• My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

  Don Drysdale

  Team, Two, Littles

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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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• 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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• Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

  Yogi Berra

  Vices, Beats, Vice Versa

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• In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

  Chris Hardwick

  Nerd, Niche, Shows

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• Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.

  Bob Uecker

  Brother, Home, Weekend

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• Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

  Mickey Rivers

  Funny, Basketball, Stupid

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• A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

  Nolan Ryan

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

  David Cone

  Travel, Jobs, Commitment

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• Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

  Walter Johnson

  Men, Alive, Woods

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• When the path ahead of you is uphill, surrounded by rough spots, hazards and obstacles: use a pitching wedge.

  J. Bracken Lee

  Golf, Hazards, Use

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• Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Softball, Baseball, Games

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• Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Hurt, Years

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• I've experienced every aspect of pitching. I know the reality of what these guys are going through. You can be going good, and the game is going to humble you. But the challenge is how to get through the difficult times.

  Roger McDowell

  Humble, Reality, Games

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• My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

  Shane Warne

  Struggle, Balls, Might

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• Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.

  Tris Speaker

  Baseball, Mistake, Ruth

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• If you don't succeed at first, try pitching.

  Jack Harshman

  Baseball, Trying, Firsts

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• What, and give him (the batter) a chance to think on my time.

  Grover Cleveland Alexander

  Thinking, Giving, Chance

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• Ten million years from now, when then sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out.

  Tug McGraw

  Years, Space, Guy

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• Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be.

  Greg Maddux

  Consistency, Trying, Six

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• I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. That's it. I try to keep as simple as possible. I just throw my fastball (to) both sides of the plate and change speed every now and then. There is no special food or anything like that, I just try to make quality pitches and try to be prepared each time I go out there.

  Greg Maddux

  Simple, Two, Special

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• A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.

  Early Wynn

  Baseball, Enemy, Looks

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• He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall.

  Dizzy Dean

  Wall, Balls, Legs

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• Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts.

  Dizzy Dean

  July, Games, Records

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