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Dennis Eckersley quotes: I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: Pitching ... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.

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

Dennis Eckersley quotes: My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.

Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: I also think that I had great mechanics.

I also think that I had great mechanics.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

Dennis Eckersley quotes: I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.