“My job isn’t to strike guys out; it’s to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.”
"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."
- Tom Seaver
Belief
"Pitch within yourself."
- Tom Seaver
Self-awareness
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate dont move."
- Tom Seaver
Courage
"Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else."
- Tom Seaver
Insight
"There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They’re all different"
- Tom Seaver
Insight
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy