Pitching Is The Art Of Instilling Fear.

He's The Strangest Hitter In Baseball. Figure Him Out One Way And He'll Kill You Another.

If I Could Straighten It Out (his Golf Swing), I'd Be Pitching At Dodger Stadium Tonight.

The Only Time I Really Try For A Strikeout Is When I'm In A Jam. If The Bases Are Loaded With None Out, For Example, Then I'll Go For A Strikeout. But Most Of The Time I Try To Throw To Spots. I Try To Get Them To Pop Up Or Ground Out. On A Strikeout I Might Have To Throw Five Or Six Pitches, Sometimes More If There Are Foul-offs. That Tires Me. So I Just Try To Get Outs. That's What Counts - Outs. You Win With Outs, Not Strikeouts.

It's Better To Throw A Theoretically Poorer Pitch Whole-heartedly, Than To Throw The So-called Right Pitch With Feeling Of Doubt-doubt That's It's Right, Or Doubt That You Can Make It Behave Well At That Moment. You've Got To Feel Sure You're Doing The Right Thing-sure That You Want To Throw The Pitch You're Going To Throw.

I Think It's Incredible Because There Were Guys Like (willie) Mays And (mickey) Mantle And Henry Aaron Who Were Great Players For Ten Years... I Only Had Four Or Five Good Years.