Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Gerrit Cole
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Last updated on December 3, 2024.
A lot of these dips that you go through in the season, it's about persisting through the process and trusting it.
I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.
You get into a tough spot where you're not feeling good and you can't do what you're typically accustomed to doing, you just keep grinding.
You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the nine hole, if you can put together an at-bat or you can see some different pitches that helps give you an advantage competitively, it can make your lineup stronger.
Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.
I think if we just stay focused on what we focus on, which is ourselves, playing good ballgames, trying to win every day, don't take wins with us, don't take losses with us, if we just stay with that approach the results are going to be what they're going to be.
I just like to leave it out there and feel like I put in a good day's work.
Verlander is a guy every right-handed power pitcher looks up to since the beginning of time.
I certainly wouldn't pay for a ticket to watch a math equation.
There's a human element here you start to lose when you start rattling off the best mathematical equation to get the out.
You continue to try to hammer out fastball command the best you can.
You have to win the easy ones.
Family is everything.
There is nothing better than having your home crowd cheer you on and scream with you in big moments and get the crowd in the pulse of the game.
When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.
A lot of my friends at home call me 'Chef G.'
It would be irresponsible for me to comment on somebody else's opinions.
As a competitor, you want to pitch against the elite guys and really good guys.
In an industry where you don't always get to see your family as much as you would like, getting to hug your mom after the game is nice.
I've always just kind of prided myself on just taking the ball and just trying to give your team a chance to win, and I really don't try to make it any more complicated than that.
I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.
Any time you can get in a position to start to get some of the quality work in as early as possible, I think it gives you a leg up or at least gives you the opportunity to be really prepared for the first time you take the ball.
I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.
Well, I mean, I like to be pretty athletic off the mound in terms of taking care of my job, which is covering first base, fielding bunts in certain situations, fielding slow rollers to the first base and having to communicate and direct traffic.
You have to win the grinders.
Trying to get better, always, is my goal.
Any opportunity to throw against the Cardinals is going to be a good one.
Base runners in postseason games are kind of tough to deal with at times.
The season is long. You go through aches and pains with your brothers. When it's on the line, you just want to give them - you know, you want to perform. You want to give them a shot to win the game.
I mean, our job is - we're baseball players, we have to go to work. But when it all boils down, we're just a bunch of kids out there having fun trying to entertain people.
It was a pleasure to play in Houston.
Nobody's immune from getting beat. If you're not aware of that, you really don't have a great perspective.
I try to show up and do my job and get my work in every day, keep pressing forward.
I don't think I'm going to dwell on one pitch. You've got to be able to shake that off in the middle of the game.
We're out there pitching for wins, not for stat lines.
Cleaning up that lack of the definition between the two, and then leaning on the four-seam, having it become my primary fastball over my two-seam, it's just benefited me as a whole.
There's hard work to be done, which I'll do. I'll continue to do it.
You've got to go out there and play your tail off every single day and at times during the year it can be tough to do that.
You're always just so inspired to get in the game and try to contribute any way you can.
There's going to be ups and downs throughout the whole year. You can't get frustrated.
You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.
You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.
When you're spinning a two-seam, getting on the side of the ball to get more run or sink can be good, but it can really be detrimental to your four-seam.
Every good team is going to have a good culture in the clubhouse.
You get into a situation where your back's up against the wall and you don't have any option but to go out swinging, so you might as well go for it.
You can have really good statistics, which are really good, and it's a serious advantage, but when push comes to shove, it's about players communicating and players playing together.
It wouldn't be any fun if you didn't fail sometimes.
I'm a sucker for Wrigley, so I feel I'll probably be a sucker for Fenway, too.
When you're more comfortable out there, you start seeing different things, relaxing more, being able to trust your pitches more and not try to overdo things as much.
If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts - or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you've established.
You don't want to let the other team feed off your outward physical demeanor. But at the same time, you can't go out and play this game and not expect to just be angry and be competitive and be excited and have that fire in your belly.
You can only control so much.
For me, it's more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.
What I've been able to do is pretty cool, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.
I think there's a quiet aggression that you need to have, that presence that you have on the mound, the poise, you know.
Health is key.
It feels good to be able to contribute, eat innings, provide some rest for the bullpen.
I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.
It doesn't really matter who you're playing. You just have to keep going at them.
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