The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.