#pitch

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best. ↗

— Randy Johnson

#best #bird #energy #game #gretzky

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#been #born #easy #felt #got

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#focused #honestly #i #i can #league

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#coleman #conditioning #designed #first #first time

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#before #death #game #i #pitch

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth. ↗

— Kate Smith

#am #birth #exceedingly #given #i

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#catcher #could #darn #fastball #handle

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#good #hitting #pitching #stop #will

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. ↗

— Laurence Stern

#brave #forgive #generous #how #human

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one! ↗

— Beau Bridges

#baker #fabulous #go #hawaii #keep