Jake Arrieta Quotes

I just try to make the pitcher work.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.

Learn the league, learn the pitchers, learn how they're going to go after you.

You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.

I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of it and that's normally my go-to (pitch).

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

Everybody in the league knew I had trouble with the inside pitch. I got away with it only because the great majority of pitchers were afraid of making a mistake in that spot. The threat of power is one of the best weapons you have in the batter's box.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.

You just have to fight the perfect fight to win. You have to have a game plan and follow it. You have to develop every time you go out there and keep getting better.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

I know when I get to 0-2, 1-2, when I'm ahead in the count, that I hold a distinct advantage over every single hitter. I have so many options because I don't have to work within the strike zone anymore.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.

You never want to be in a defensive mode or have a defensive mindset. You always want to know that you're in control as the pitcher, you make him get hits, you're never passive, always aggressive. If I get beat, I want it to be because I got rocked, got hit hard, never because I walked a couple of guys and before you know it.