Greg Maddux famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.
-- Greg Maddux

#Memories #Bullets #Proof
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games
-- Greg Maddux

#Winning #Thinking #Games
I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.
-- Greg Maddux

#Trying #Jam #Pitching
Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be.
-- Greg Maddux

#Consistency #Trying #Six
When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I am trying to keep in mind is that relying on my past performance will not make me win my next game, it'll only get in my way.
-- Greg Maddux

#Nice #Winning #Past
I'd rather try and not win than not try at all
-- Greg Maddux

#Winning #Trying
Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What do I do now? I guess I'll have to get a second job.
-- Greg Maddux

#Jobs #Poor #Johnson
I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.
-- Greg Maddux

#Sports #Fun #Winning
I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.
-- Greg Maddux

#Sports #Years #Three
I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.
-- Greg Maddux

#Sports #Nice #Winning
I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.
-- Greg Maddux

#Sports #Care #Want
My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.
-- Greg Maddux

#Baseball #Winning #Pitching
I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year we went to Hawaii.
-- Greg Maddux

#Brother #Golf #Years
I only know one way to pitch. I really do.
-- Greg Maddux

#Way
I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.
-- Greg Maddux

#Thinking #Attention #Body
Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.
-- Greg Maddux

#Softball #Sports #Motivation
There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. But I really know how to do this. I'm not just hoping to get it where I want it... Let the other guys do it half-assed.
-- Greg Maddux

#Baseball #Golf #Frustration
The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery
-- Greg Maddux

#Dirt #Grass
I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound
-- Greg Maddux

#Believe #Eye #Surgery
You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.
-- Greg Maddux

#Baseball #Winning #Play
I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. That's it. I try to keep as simple as possible. I just throw my fastball (to) both sides of the plate and change speed every now and then. There is no special food or anything like that, I just try to make quality pitches and try to be prepared each time I go out there.
-- Greg Maddux

#Simple #Two #Quality
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.
-- Greg Maddux

#Athlete #Pitching

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