Pitching Quotes

You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes they are.

I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

I would like to host a show, something like travel or cooking or something like that, something I'm really interested in, and so I'm pitching a couple television shows.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.

It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

Pitching is a priority.

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.