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Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

I don't fear anybody... at all.