Christy Mathewson Quotes
- You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
- A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
- Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
- A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
- Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
- No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw.
- You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained.
- I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never…
- I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing…
- A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a…
- If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting...It's…