If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You can't get too caught up in trying to pitch a complete game, because that's hard to do. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I understand why there is a push for an automated strike zone. However, I do think there would be some unintended consequences… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Having a pitch clock, if you have ball-strike implications, that's messing with the fabric of the game. There's no clock in baseball,… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I understand what sabermetrics get across, and what they're getting across is to keep it simple. Especially for me, as a pitcher,… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
For me, I really enjoy helping out the Youth Baseball Academy. That's something that any time you're helping out the game of… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
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… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
The advanced stats are great to look at for my long-term goals and what I'm trying to accomplish. It shows me there… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
For the time being Scherzer gives Washington a very nice rotation (on paper) with Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmerman, Gio Gonzalez, and Doug… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
The game can come down to one pitch. But when you're actually out there on the mound and when you're pitching, you… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I need to eat a large meal before I play, and the one thing that was kind of consistent in every single… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Look, the umpires behind the plate? They're human. They're doing the best they can to try to call balls and strikes. I… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You worry about how you're throwing the ball, how you're executing your pitches. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
There's more to pitching than just striking guys out, but also it is a big reason why you can have success. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
For the time being Scherzer gives Washington a very nice rotation (on paper) with Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmerman, Gio Gonzalez, and Doug Fister, with… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Push yourself every single day to continue to work at yourself. And I feel like that's the reason why I made it. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
If you're constantly just trying to go in this win-loss cycle that MLB is pushing, you are creating bandwagon fans, and that's not the… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to look at a start and say, 'Nothing is wrong.' Even when you get lit up, you still have to say… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way. — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done in those… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I need to eat a large meal before I play, and the one thing that was kind of consistent in every single clubhouse at… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
