What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.
There's more than one way to do things. There's always different points of views and styles of pitching.
The pitch should be very clear about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and why I should care. If you can cover those things quickly and precisely, it's easy for me to decide whether I want to spend more time with you or not.
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.
When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
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.
I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
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.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.