Tom Seaver Quotes

Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.

With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out.

I don't really miss pitching in games, and I don't think my arm could hold up. I would still love to try the radar gun, just not pitch on a consistent basis. I'd love to go and try to fire up the gun, though.

I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher.

I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.

My flexibility is probably my No. 1 asset. Obviously we need to have a strong shoulder, strong scapula, strong lats, and a durable elbow to have longevity as a pitcher, but being mobile in the hips and flexible in the hamstrings takes so much pressure and stress off of my arm.

My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.

Within the changing room, everyone has always known I'm best when I pitch the ball up and get a little bit of movement.

I think I'm constantly trying to grow as a pitcher. You start going out there, you're learning stuff, you're finding different ways to try to get guys out. Trying to be creative.

When you stand and talk about player safety, and then, at the same time, you want to extend the season two more games, there's a contradiction in there.

If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

Sandy Koufax is a great teacher. He just talks about competitiveness and being aggressive - about stride length, power, how to spin the breaking ball. The way he explains pitching is simple, which is something you don't see a lot.

Every coach in every sport, one of their larger concerns is the balance between work and rest. We all think about it all the time.

Some really good players are coming out of county cricket. Better preparation, and looking after yourself physically are things that counties should still have to strive for. Also, the volume of county cricket is still far too high. I'd definitely like less county cricket.

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.

When you've only got two days between games the recovery process is key.

It is very important that you can express yourself, especially at half-time in a changing room, which is the crucial time for a manager.

You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.

I know my fastball command will get even better.

Health isn't only what was genetically given to you; it's also about your environment and what you do on a day-to-day basis. The more we understand that, the more we can personalize it, and really, it requires us to have more and more data about the individual.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

Any time first time out, you just want to make sure you can get hitters out again.

The thing that kept me from going to the next level was, I really didn't have an out-pitch. My story in baseball could have been a lot different if that's all I focused on.