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If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

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

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.

Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.