Tom Seaver Quotes

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• Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations…
• The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of…
• Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to…
• God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.
• These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these…
• The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.
• Pitch within yourself.
• Fenway is the essence of baseball
• You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.
• If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
• A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that…
• If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.
• In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you…
• There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.
• My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out, sometimes by striking them out.
• The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
• My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the…
• Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more,…
• It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
• Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

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