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.

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.

Oh Time, you arise with parting! [О Время, ты от разлуки!]- Vladislav Khalyavkin, The Operator

Stress can also lead to poor posture because it causes you to breathe more shallowly, which leads to slumping.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.

Discipline creates ways for the lovers of it.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.

Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.