Pitching Quotes · Page 8

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We…

— Luis Tiant

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and…

— Tyne Daly

It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to…

— A. J. Liebling

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.

— Juan Marichal

I relish pitching underneath pressure.

— Max Scherzer

I'm a tough guy, and I like pitching in tough games.

— Tim Hudson

Fenway is unique in itself, the whole idea of pitching in Fenway is unlike any other ballpark, period.

— John Smoltz

You should get as close to the power when you're pitching something. I got my two biggest breaks with the man who…

— Albert S. Ruddy

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

— Bob Gibson

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.

— Linda Ellerbee

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

— Duke Snider

One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

— Jim Abbott

He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about…

— Andy Pettitte

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

— Dizzy Dean

Sometimes offense wins. Sometimes pitching wins.

— Anthony Rendon

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth…

— Dizzy Dean

Dan really came into his own pitching last year (during Legion play). He received the sportsmanship award during the regional tournament.

— Wade Clark Mackey

Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life.

— Liev Schreiber

There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and told me what I was…

— Phil Niekro

I was pitching on all adrenaline and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate.

— Roger Clemens

I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.

— Lefty Gomez

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

— Jim Palmer

If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing…

— Dizzy Dean

When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good…

— Bob Feller

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would…

— Lefty Gomez