Pitching Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Pitching

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In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened. — Chris Hardwick

I enjoy talking pitching and talking baseball. And I don't have all the answers. I don't claim to, but I'm more than happy to share my beliefs. — Roy Halladay

My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose. — Greg Maddux

There is nothing so banal in the world,' said Ada 'than pitching stones at a hawfinch. — Vladimir Nabokov

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

Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching. — Tris Speaker

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. — Sammy Sosa

You can always improve your bench and relief pitching. — Keith Hernandez

The liquid inside was pitching and rolling, like there was a storm inside the tiny capsule. — Rachel Hawkins

When the path ahead of you is uphill, surrounded by rough spots, hazards and obstacles: use a pitching wedge. — J. Bracken Lee

Kitten, I'd break my fucking pitching arm if it meant keeping you safe. — J. Sterling

Starting pitching will either lead you to the White House or the out house. — Don Cooper

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying. — Linda Ellerbee

Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing. — J.J. Abrams

Knuckleball pitching is a very small fraternity. — Tim Wakefield

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees. — Waite Hoyt

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see. — Patton Oswalt

I just reared back and let them go. — Bob Feller

The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea. — Jim Bouton

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

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

He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair. — Lefty Gomez

I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul." — Lefty Gomez

When you have an inconsistent season, you learn a lot about yourself and your pitching. — Mark Mulder

I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance. — Luis Tiant

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready. — Greg Maddux

There is nothing like the start of a season, before all the one-run losses, pitching breakdowns and missed opportunities. Before reality sets in. — Michael Connelly

Quit your bitching, if you're not pitching — Rebecca Aguilar

Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. — George Herman

Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin. — Jerry Coleman

Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life. — Liev Schreiber

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching. — Bob Gibson

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding. — Mickey Rivers

If you just want to be a writer, I don't care, for pitching, for writing dialogue, you should take an improvisation class. It's super important. — Thomas Lennon

When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit. — Bob Gibson

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me. — Jennie Finch

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?' — Jennie Finch

I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done. — Goose Gossage

I need you to say it again," he told me.
"Why?" I asked, my voice pitching higher.
"So I can say it back, Ace. — Kristen Ashley

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where the ball is coming from.' — Luis Tiant

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it. — Jim Palmer

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend. — Jose Contreras

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers ... try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better. — Greg Maddux

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching. — Ferguson Jenkins

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate. — Duke Snider

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief. — Whitey Herzog

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! — Beau Bridges

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

I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game. — Tom Seaver

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time. — Nolan Ryan

If you're not pitching, stop bitching — Rebecca Aguilar

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance. — Bob Gibson

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%. — Cory Lidle

When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career. — Brad Lidge

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall. — Dizzy Dean

Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run. — Andrew Tobias

I was pitching on all adrenaline and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate. — Roger Clemens

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out. — Joe Garagiola

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

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs. — Whitey Herzog

Dan really came into his own pitching last year (during Legion play). He received the sportsmanship award during the regional tournament. — Wade Clark Mackey

like an idiot pitching change into a well that nobody ever said was open for wishing. — Kathleen Rooney

At home, when I'm not pitching, I'll sit and sign autographs for the kids. I've always done that and I'll continue to do it. That's part of the job. — Kerry Wood

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

If you don't succeed at first, try pitching. — Jack Harshman

If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time. — Dizzy Dean

Pitching is the art of instilling fear. — Sandy Koufax

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching. — Greg Maddux

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. — Tim Hudson

Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis. — Jimmy Connors

(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was. — Walter Johnson

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it. — Catfish Hunter

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs. — Jack Adams

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there. — Bobby Bonilla

missile frigate that's rolling and pitching is just as — Andrew Peterson

I think people don't like when you're not confident about what you're pitching, and they don't want to invest in you or get behind you. — Lori Greiner

The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out. — Tom Seaver

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared. — Walter Johnson

I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director. — Isla Fisher

I don't want anybody to panic. I'm not pitching. I'm just throwing out the first ball. — Phil Niekro

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging. — Greg Maddux

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?" — Lefty Gomez

I don't feel any pressure. I'm not nervous about going out there and pitching. — CC Sabathia

There are times when we find ourselves pitching downwards, out of control. Yet God is always nearby ... — Shirley Corder

A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team. — Lou Piniella

Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world — Janine Benyus

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

Funny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time. — Nick Hornby

Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm. — Bruce Sutter

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger. — Juan Marichal

Pitching is a priority. — Tom Hicks

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind. — Barry Zito

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. — Warren Spahn

No, I think the pitching today has more depth. — Ernie Banks

It's no longer about pitching the Today Show. It's about creating content that will attract the Today Show. — David Meerman Scott

Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle. — W.P. Kinsella

There's more than one way to do things. There's always different points of views and styles of pitching. — Tim Hudson