In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
From Tom Seaver
The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.
What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.
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.
Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'
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.
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