Tom Seaver Quotations

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can't look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

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!'

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

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

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.

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.