Tim Hudson Quotations

You feel like a stud out there when people swing and miss. As I've gotten older, I've preached to our young guys that strikeouts are sexy, but outs are outs, man, no matter how you get them. It's a lot cooler for me pitching in the seventh or eighth inning than it is going 5 1/3. Your manager likes it a lot more, too.

I have some bad feet. But really, my main fault would probably be my personality. A lot of times, I am not serious enough. I joke around too much sometimes.

There's more than one way to do things. There's always different points of views and styles of pitching.

One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.

I hate when people don't keep their word or they are late. Tardiness is a big pet peeve of mine.

I figured my wife was about to start law school. If that whole baseball pitching thing didn't work out, I had something to fall back on. I figure I'd put a ring on her finger. Turns out she was the smart one. Turns out she was the gold digger, not me.

Maybe these kids are just too young and too dumb to know about the first 13. Maybe they can't comprehend that the Braves have only won one World Series in those 13 years.

I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.

The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.

Braves fans are one-of-a-kind. Your passion to win comes close to equaling that of the players that go out on the field each and every game. But when the team goes through rough patches, you're there to encourage and cheer and believe that things will turn around.

The Oakland A's, I loved all my teammates there. I loved all the coaches. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for that, I thank them. I mean it was a dream come true for me.

Auburn is a very small, quiet college town, a different kind of place geographically and culturally.

I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta.

I felt the Lord at a young age. And it was one of those things where that seed was planted, you know, when I was a kid.

I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have the chance to play for the Atlanta Braves, and there it was. God kind of answered my prayers.

We've always been suburb people, and we lived in the East Bay when I was in Oakland. This time around, we're staying in the city, and my kids are getting that city life experience, which is something you don't get too much of in Alabama.

When I was traded from the Oakland A's to the Atlanta Braves before the 2005 season, a childhood dream was realized. I grew up a Braves fan just a few hours south of Atlanta, and it was hard for me to believe that I was going to actually play for the Atlanta Braves and legendary manager Bobby Cox.

I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1.

It's the youth movement we have. A lot of young guys with a lot of passion. It brings the fun back to the game.

It's been one of those things where anybody that's played a sport at the professional level, there's always a lot of challenges. And the one thing that's always been a constant for me is Jesus Christ and my faith - and just knowing that my walk with Christ is steadily going up.

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We've still got to go out there, play these out, play hard and try to bring some playoff-type baseball into the dugout. We need to step it up and bring some passion.

We're an out-patient service. We can't keep people overnight. But we'll get on the phone and call around, to Tulsa or Joplin if necessary, to find a place to take them.

Obviously the performance wasn't too good. Just took me a little while to make the adjustments the first few innings. You know, I was just overthrowing, leaving the rubber a little too quick.

Obviously, playoff baseball, the games are always close,

Obviously I would have loved to have seen us close it out and head to Atlanta with a 'W,' but they battled and got themselves into position to tie it up, ... After that, I was a spectator in here rooting guys on. You've got to tip your hat to all our guys in the bullpen. They've taken a lot of heat all year. Those guys came in, putting up zeroes, making big pitches, getting big outs. Going 18 innings, I have a lot of respect for those guys. They went out and battled, but they just outlasted us.

Obviously coming out in the fifth inning is not what you want. I threw the ball alright. i got some pitches up in the zone and they took advantage of it.

Buck called me to see if I was interested, and I told him yeah. Obviously, if everything's OK with the Braves from their end, I feel like it's an honor to play.

I had pretty good command. I'm really happy with my changeup. I had a couple of good strikeouts with the change. It had a lot of movement. That's good to see.

I feel like I'm just now getting in a groove, feeling pretty strong. I've got just over 100 innings under me right now and I feel like I'm just about getting things going.

I feel like I'm starting to throw the ball the way I'm capable.

He's cool, he eats like a pig. He looks like me -- no hair, a little peanut head.

When he played, he had that clown reputation. There were a lot of guys like that, but he stood out. As a pitching coach, he's going to be awesome. He's personable, easygoing, and he seems excited to be here. It will be good. We don't need to work all the time.

He's aggressive, but not impatient. As a pitcher, you hate those kind of hitters.

He's as big a surprise as there is in baseball this year.

He should be a combination of a pitching coach, psychologist and friend.

He's a stud. He's picking right up where he left off last year. I don't know how he does it, but he does it. I just hope he keeps on doing it.

He's a stud. He's been a guy that can pick it up when our big guys are out of the lineup.

He's been amazing. If you define MVP, he's the guy. He's carried us. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are right now.

Joey D had a little rude awakening to the big leagues last year. But the kid has a lot of talent and a tremendous ceiling ahead of him. We're hopefully going to help him reach it the best we can. I know where I was right out of college, and I wasn't where he's at.

I think it's just stumbling out of the box from a pitching standpoint. We just have to get some confidence back. It's just executing, that's about it.

I think it's going to be great having his personality around the team.

I was dealing with a lot of stuff last year. The contract, a new team, new teammates, a new organization, a new baby. This year, I feel more like I'm supposed to. I'm not worried about making a good first impression. I just want to come in and be myself.

Langy came up huge for us two times. This was a big victory for us. Now we have to take care of business on the road.

My slider was really good to start the game. I realized that. Just throw it until they hit it.

I wish I didn't have to pitch. But the way the scenario is, we've kind of got our backs to the wall, ... I want to be out there if something is on the line. I feel like I should be out there to give us a good chance to win.

I think home a week, gone a week is a good breakup of the schedule. What's going to stink is we're only home for five days. You kind of wear it when the schedule isn't in your favor.

I wasn't that shocked, I had heard the rumors that something could happen, so it wasn't out of the blue. I think that if Billy were going to trade me, he was going to make a conscious effort to trade me somewhere where my family would be happy. And there isn't another place that I'd rather be traded to than Atlanta.

We have some good memories, but it is what it is now, ... I think all three of us are mature enough and far enough along in our playing careers that I think we'll be OK.

You know, it's a kids' game. You have to go out there and have fun and play with a lot of excitement. That's what they brought this year.

To be honest with you, I don't think it's that big a deal, ... You have to adjust your workouts and preparation in between starts. But I don't have a problem with it.

Everybody knows how awesome he was in St. Louis, and then he goes over to Boston, and Boston is a tough place to play. Anybody can go there and struggle their first year.

Everybody knows him as pretty easy going and a practical joker when he was a player. I think it will be a little more fun in the bullpen area. It's going to be about learning how to pitch and having fun while you're doing it, not so much walking on eggshells down there.

Farnsworth has been nails for us all year, but he gave up the runs tonight. Without him, we wouldn't have gotten here. All the other guys stepped up too.

There's more reasons not to play for me personally. We have a new pitching coach coming in, and it would be tough for me to take two or three weeks off away from it. I'd like to have a chance to get to know him and him get to know me.

I've been keeping up with them, and it sucks for me, too. I still have a soft spot for all those guys, and I want them to win. People ask me if I'm happy they're having a bad season -- that's a ridiculous question to ask me.

It was tough day. I didn't make my pitches and when I did they hit them. It's been a tough start for everybody but we have to put it behind us and turn it around.

I've never been a big complete-game guy. My concern is how strong I am at the end of the year. I don't need to be macho and run out of gas at the end of the year.

I've been afraid to use it, but all of a sudden, there it was. I haven't had a good one in three years, but it was there today.

I usually hit doubles and homers, ... I didn't know whether I should turn left or right at second base.

After the first game, listening to the commentators, you would have thought we might as well pack things up and head back to Atlanta. But I think we showed we're not too bad either.

After the first game, listening to all the commentators, we might as well have packed things up. . . . I like our guys, too. We believe if our pitching takes off, we're going to be tough.

Any time I have an outing similar to that, I always look forward to getting back out there, putting it behind me and making better pitches, ... It's a big game, obviously -- the biggest game of the year. I'm glad they have confidence in me to go out there and try to get us back to Atlanta.

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The bottom line is, we agreed on it. What's done is done. Let's just see what happens.

AT&T Park, chalk it up. This is a great pitcher's park, great weather. It's a great place to pitch. It's all positive and no negative. You can go out and challenge guys. I've got the confidence to attack the strike zone and not nibble so much.

That's how baseball is, ... It's one of those games where I didn't pitch good enough and we didn't hit good enough. The young guy over there did a great job.

There was no decision. I still felt strong. I still had some gas in my tank. I probably had my worst at-bat ever.

They really picked me up. It was one of those games -- bend but don't break. I sure don't like bending that much though. But it was a big win for us.

There was a lot of stuff going on for me last year. New team, the contract, new baby ... it was a whirlwind last year. Things really seem a lot more settled now.

It was fun. It was a good all around effort. The guys behind me played some great defense.

It was a lot of fun to go out there and give us a chance to win, ... We just went out and played playoff-type baseball.

It was an all-around effort. The guys played great baseball. We played the game right today.

It's an honor to represent your country, but as a pitcher, it's harder to be where you need to be that early in March. I have to put what's best for my team first.

It just feels like home. I have three young children and from the school system to recreation to the people this is just a place that feels right. The fact that it's only an hour and a half from where I work, just made it perfect.

It's something you'd have trouble noticing by yourself.

It's something fun to laugh about. Hopefully, I'm not that hard to handle. But I guess it's a good thing. If it's hard for them to catch it, it's probably hard for them to hit it. So I'll take it.

It's not exactly how I wanted to get things going this year. Early on, my command wasn't exactly what I wanted it to be. It was a bit of a battle.

It'll come around. We're just going through a little rough stretch. We know we can pitch better than we have.

It's definitely not his fault. He's been really approachable for the young guys. He knows what it takes to pitch at this level. He knows what he's talking about.

It was one of those games that was all bend and no break. That was the tightest zone I ever had, but you have to deal with it.

It's tough enough to come up with one big hit. For a guy -- especially a young guy -- to come up with big hits in back-to-back innings, you hardly ever see that. I'm glad I got to see it on our side.

I want to lessen his workload this year, whether it's pitch opening day or work after him, so he doesn't have to do what he did last year. That's the main goal.

They backed me up. One of those games that was all bend and no break.

It was just one of those days where I didn't make many pitches. When I did, they seemed to hit them.

Any time you think about Atlanta Braves baseball, you think about the postseason and success, ... Coming over here, I knew that they were going to have a shot to do something special. It's been a little bit of a roller-coaster ride this year, but we're here right now. We feel like we have a good team that's going to be able to go out there and win and put up a championship for the city of Atlanta.

I'm glad he's got a lot of confidence in me,

I'm fine with it. I feel pretty healthy, ... I did it one time before during the year; I threw pretty well. I'm not worried about the physical limitations of coming back early. I feel strong. It's just a matter of going out and making adjustments from my last outing.

I'm fine with it. I did it one time earlier in the year, and I threw the ball real well. So I'm not worried about any physical limitations. ... I really don't have a problem with it.

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I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for, ... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1.

If my splitter is splitting and my cutter is cutting, I'm looking forward to it.

I had a really good (split-fingered fastball) and a good sinker. It feels like I'm getting more into a groove. It's the first time in a long time that I had a really good splitter.

I'm happy where I am right now. I'll be ready for Opening Day. I'm just here to get in shape and get my delivery down.

I had a new team, new teammates, a new baby. It seems a lot more settled right now. The dust has settled. It feels a lot more like it's supposed to right now.

I'll have to pull something out of my hat. Maybe I'll throw lefty.

I hope I'm not too hard to handle. But it's a good thing, I guess. If my ball is hard to catch, they'll probably have a hard time hitting it.

I heard so many great things about him before I got here. To be able to experience it firsthand, it's a thousand times better than I could have ever expected.

I heard so many great things about (Cox) before I got here,

I just kind of backed off it a little bit. They were great workouts for me, but I think there's a point in time where you can overwork something.