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Tom Seaver Inspirational Quotes (17)

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There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.
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If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.
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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.
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My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
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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!’
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If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.
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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.
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There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.
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It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
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God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.
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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.
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Pitch within yourself.
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Fenway is the essence of baseball
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