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David Cone

(1963) Baseball Player

27 quotes in 225 categories

David Cone is a baseball player, best known for Emergency Medical Services.

Quick Facts About David Cone

Born: January 2, 1963
Profession: Baseball Player
Notable works: Emergency Medical Services

About David Cone

David Brian Cone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball. A third round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in the 1981 MLB draft, he made his MLB debut in 1986 and continued playing until 2003, pitching for five different teams. Cone batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David Cone

I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

Finesse

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Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of…

Able

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The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the…

Abide

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Today baseball is currently enjoying a run of more than 14 years without interruption, a record that would have been inconceivable in…

Baseball

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I love to pitch so much.

Love

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A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

Bigs

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I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.

Pitcher

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I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't…

Athlete

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We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things I…

Angel

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Im a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

Finesse

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Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going.

Behind

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It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and…

Ball player

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I have a future and I have a mind and I have things to look forward to,' but to me it's just…

Psychology

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At nighttime, you just try to keep him out of jail.

Jail

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This is the place to be. Baseball town. The intimacy of Fenway, the toughness of it. I like that. I'm used to…

Baseball

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I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office.

Closets

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My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out…

Antiques

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I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there.…

Balls

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I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was…

Contact

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Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.

Category

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I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I…

Ball player

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We just kind of relied on written scouting reports through the eighties and even the early nineties. I've really been amazed by…

Amazed

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I've always noticed how the Fenway fans get behind the pitcher, especially late in the game if you're having a good game,…

Anticipate

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I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas…

Blood

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With one decision, Judge Sotomayor changed the entire dispute. Her ruling rescued the 1995 baseball season and forced the parties to resume…

Baseball

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