Tom Seaver famous 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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Numbers #Worry

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

#New York #Fans #Mets

Fenway is the essence of baseball
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Essence

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Athlete #Boys

No one had more impact on my career than Gil Hodges. Playing for him was a learning experience, and he was a tower of strength. Not everbody liked him, but everybody respected him. He went about his job in a very professional manner, and it caused me to do the same with my job.
-- Tom Seaver

#Jobs #Careers #Impact

Do you think it's easy to just walk up to Joe DiMaggio and start up a conversation? I've been around him at old-timers' games, and believe me, he's someone special. It's not easy to walk over and say, 'How ya doin', Joe, whaddya say?' You really feel as though this is the one old-timer you have to call Mister.
-- Tom Seaver

#Believe #Thinking #Games

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

#Done #Needed

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Games #Radio

I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.
-- Tom Seaver

#Yankees #Yankee Fans #Fans

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Player #Games #Two

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

#Games #Pitching #Foundation

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Three #Lasts

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

#Different #Pitcher #Values

Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.
-- Tom Seaver

#Successful #Thinking #Looks

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Winning #Curves #Pitching

Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. Ive never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.
-- Tom Seaver

#Team #Wine #Player

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Artist #Pitching #Quitting

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

#People #Victory #Pitcher

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

#Winning #Vietnam #World

Pitch within yourself.
-- Tom Seaver

#Motivational #Baseball

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

#Dedication #Lost #Concentration

These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They’d be telling our soldiers: ‘That’s enough. You’ve fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!’
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Running #War

Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best.
-- Tom Seaver

#Softball #Sports #Motivation

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

#Baseball #Thinking #Bigs

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

#Baseball #Two #League

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

#Baseball #Jobs #Guy

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
-- Tom Seaver

#Baseball #Rising

Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations and rise to the occasion with consistency and a competitive spirit.
-- Tom Seaver

#Softball #Sports #Motivation

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.
-- Tom Seaver

#Softball #Sports #Motivation

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

#Honor #Special #Privilege