John Smoltz

A definition of a good broadcast is when 50 percent of the people think you're rooting for one team and the other…

— John Smoltz

Pitching for the Boston Red Sox proved to be one of the few challenges in my career that I was unable to…

— John Smoltz

I gave up a lot of money to stay with the Braves four different times and I don't regret any second of…

— John Smoltz

I've learned so much through golf and myself. I've been frustrated a lot, but I've proved a lot, too.

— John Smoltz

If the players don't produce, and aren't in the position to be evaluated correctly, then a manager's job of winning or losing…

— John Smoltz

When you go into the minor leagues and you take a kid out after 75 to 90 pitches, what do you expect…

— John Smoltz

I don't know that we'll ever see a 3,000-strikeout guy again.

— John Smoltz

To be honest with you, the two greatest games I ever pitched resulted in losses.

— John Smoltz

I never grunted, and never overthrew a pitch when I was a starter.

— John Smoltz

I try to squeeze in a round of golf here and there when I get a chance to.

— John Smoltz

Yeah, I've never been afraid of any challenge, and I'm either all in or all out, because that's the mindset I've always…

— John Smoltz

Going to the pen was something I had to learn to do. It wasn't something I wanted to do. If it made…

— John Smoltz

Alan Trammell came right up to me. I was sitting in a locker, looking like I don't belong here. He shook my…

— John Smoltz

I love to compete. I really do.

— John Smoltz

Golf was a great way to be better in baseball. And now golf is something I enjoy, and a way to better…

— John Smoltz

There's things that I've been through in golf that baseball couldn't even prepare me for.

— John Smoltz

When you're coming out of the pen, people are only gonna fear you if you're gonna get the job done, and if…

— John Smoltz

I have fingerprints on my career from all of those who have touched me and impacted me and helped me along the…

— John Smoltz

Everybody in the world is going to know I played 20 years for the Atlanta Braves, but that doesn't change my broadcast.

— John Smoltz

Generally, when you lose, you don't want to leave your home. But for me, to go outside - win or lose -…

— John Smoltz

When you start having doubt, you start creating and atmosphere of 'things are going to go wrong,' and they will.

— John Smoltz

I can tell you this, in sports or in life, if the risk is worth the reward, then people are going to…

— John Smoltz

When something happens to a pitcher, whether it's mentally or physically, it's a lot more fun to do the things you want…

— John Smoltz

I was going to be in the final year of my contract and I just figured that no one would want a…

— John Smoltz

What we did in the era that we did, we take a lot of pride in it. We worked really hard and…

— John Smoltz