Pitcher Quotes

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during. (Albert Pujols)
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. View quote
Sandy Koufax
A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. View quote
Sandy Koufax
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases. View quote
Mickey Mantle
Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up. View quote
Frank Robinson
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. View quote
Casey Stengel
I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league. View quote
Adam Wainwright
Indolence is heaven's ally here, And energy the child of hell: The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well. View quote
Herman Melville
You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean. View quote
Idries Shah
I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher. View quote
Anna Benson
The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it. (Al Leiter)
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college. View quote
Bo Jackson
In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there. View quote
Bo Jackson
The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself. View quote
Burleigh Grimes
Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are. View quote
Barry Bonds
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out. View quote
Carl Yastrzemski
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. View quote
Don Drysdale
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain. View quote
Dan Quisenberry
I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all. View quote
Dwight Gooden
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher. View quote
Earl Weaver
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy. (Early Wynn)
A pitcher is only as good as his legs. View quote
Early Wynn
A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters. View quote
Early Wynn
The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me. View quote
Frank Robinson
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games. View quote
Greg Maddux