Pitcher Quotes · Page 8

The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the…

— George Plimpton

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

— Curt Schilling

When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way.…

— Reggie Jackson

If I could help the pitcher as much as I can, or I could save three to five errors a year with…

— Cody Bellinger

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

— Marge Piercy

He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time,…

— Shelley Long

I'm a pitcher, so the glove is my only accessory. The hitters get to have all the fun. They have batting helmets,…

— C. J. Wilson

I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until…

— Justin Verlander

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

— Dan Quisenberry

There are a lot of pitchers in baseball who should celebrate his life and what he did for the game of baseball.

— Tommy John

I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.

— Simone Elkeles

Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever…

— Tris Speaker

I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

— Rogers Hornsby

My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.

— Swami Vivekananda

Verlander is a guy every right-handed power pitcher looks up to since the beginning of time.

— Gerrit Cole

I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

When somebody brings up a movie (of mine) that I haven't heard about in a long time, I feel like a 70-year-old…

— Sean Astin

I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

— Joe Maddon

A good lead-off hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.

— Richie Ashburn

Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

— Robert Benchley

Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed…

— John Steinbeck

You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them through the…

— Jorge Posada

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

— Ron Blomberg

Greg Maddux is probably the best pitcher in all of baseball along with Roger Clemens. He's much more intelligent than I am…

— Randy Johnson

I am a pitcher. I am called out there every fifth day. When I can't be out there for my guys, for…

— Chris Sale