Tom Seaver Quotes

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.

God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.

There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

He (Joe Morgan) knew when something needed to be done, and he'd do it.

It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.

Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last fifteen years - the stolen base.

It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

Pitch within yourself.

I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.