“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.”
"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
"There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But when it’s spit out by a computer, the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can’t look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager."
- Tom Seaver
Insight
"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
- Buddha
Belief
"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."
- Might Guy
Belief
"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."
- Josephus Daniels
Belief