Dennis Eckersley Quotes

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• I also think that I had great mechanics.
• But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.
• I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.
• I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more…
• I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It…
• I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that…
• I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.
• I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.
• It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.
• Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
• My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important
• That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I…
• Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important…
• You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches
• The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game
• Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down
• Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears
• It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic but acceptance was the key to my sobriety... If I…
• When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an…
• But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball…

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