Greg Maddux Quotes

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• What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.
• Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.
• There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. The frustration is not there, because I'm…
• Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound.…
• I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try…
• I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. That's it. I try to keep as simple as possible. I just throw…
• Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What do I do…
• When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I…
• You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to…
• I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound
• The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery
• The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's…
• The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.
• I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.
• I only know one way to pitch. I really do.
• I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year we went to Hawaii.
• My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.
• I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.
• I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.
• I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

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