Curveballs Quote by Phil Niekro

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

— Bruce Sutter

Everybody wants to know, 'How do you throw a curveball, how do you throw a slider, how do you throw this and that,' when…

— Cliff Lee

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up the speed…

— Stan Musial

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed…

— Stan Musial

I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things to do…

— Carlos Delgado

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

— Gio Gonzalez

I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the…

— Bruce Sutter

I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn't consider…

— Jim Abbott

I have been trained to throw many, many pitches.

— Daisuke Matsuzaka

Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch.

— Mike Shannon

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't…

— Hank Aaron

I used to be hyper, throw crazy and not think about what I wanted to do with each pitch. Now I have a better…

— Johan Santana