Baseball Quote by John Smoltz

“In baseball I was able to emulate a lot of different things because I did it growing up, but I go about golf in my own unique way.”

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

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

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

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

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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 baseball games…

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

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

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

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

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

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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 had.

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

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