Baseball Quotes by Don Drysdale

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's…

— Don Drysdale

It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything…

— Don Drysdale

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

— Don Drysdale

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.

— Don Drysdale

A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the…

— Don Drysdale

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.

— Don Drysdale

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

— Don Drysdale

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

— Don Drysdale

When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

— Don Drysdale

We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted for Diefenbaker.…

— Don Drysdale

Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball.…

— Don Drysdale

If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.

— Don Drysdale