Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Max Scherzer
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Strikeouts are part of my game.
I need to eat a large meal before I play, and the one thing that was kind of consistent in every single clubhouse at least in the minors was a roast beef sandwich. So that kind of stuck there, and it just kind of stuck in the big leagues as well.
That's been kinda my secret. You use everything off the field to help make you better on the field.
You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing.
Turning 30, life has definitely changed - it's changed for the better.
You always have to get better.
I understand what sabermetrics get across, and what they're getting across is to keep it simple. Especially for me, as a pitcher, that's something that helps me - finding ways to keep it simple. Numbers can only tell so much.
Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere.
You've got to get better every single year, it doesn't matter.
I beat the odds, and I beat the odds so many times.
I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.
You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.
I know how to pitch.
Push yourself every single day to continue to work at yourself. And I feel like that's the reason why I made it.
I understand why there is a push for an automated strike zone. However, I do think there would be some unintended consequences of having it that I think need to be addressed first before we would go down that road.
If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.
Pitching is both an art and a science.
There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain different ways to look at things.
Put as much pressure on me as possible. I have no qualms handling that, because I expect that out of myself.
I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it in three or four. It's the homework and the process between starts that I really focus on to help me do that.
My slider's been very, very good to me.
In previous experiences of being in the All-Star Games, you know, seeing the hometown players and how the fans get behind the hometown players, it's always been a special moment just watching that from afar and being on the other side.
Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.
When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.
Sometimes you have to throw 120 pitches to figure yourself out.
For me, I really enjoy helping out the Youth Baseball Academy. That's something that any time you're helping out the game of baseball with at risk children, that puts a smile on my face.
That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.
I've gotten to visit all the parks and put my name inside the Fenway wall.
There's really no secret to this; that everybody's - they are going to have a game plan against me and I'm going to have a game plan against them. It just comes down to execution.
Sometimes in this game, you get punched in the face. And you've got to be able to take it and learn from it.
A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the postseason, sometimes how you might have to pitch on two days' rest out of the pen, only throw one inning and then you have to go face the best hitters. That's what you do in the All-Star Game.
That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.
You have to have the ultimate faith and belief in what you do.
I've seen so many of my friends get cut and released and all taken advantage of because at the end of the day, we say it's the business part of the game.
I love competing against the best.
Celebrating with your team after wins, that's the best.
I just continue to keep getting better.
For me, I'm always willing to help young guys, because veterans have helped me out.
When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.
Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters.
You either get better or you get worse. Those are the only two options.
I grew up with dogs. My wife really loves dogs.
The business part of the game is ugly.
Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.
You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the same.
The expectations and pressure doesn't mean you change. That's something that's always been instilled in me, and doesn't matter what the situation or what the game means, I'm always going to approach the game the same way.
I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when I want to have a pitch where I want to strike you out.
I pitch to win.
I really wanted to go to college.
Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?
For me, I'm not going to be hitting the ball out of the ballpark. I know that.
I expect to pitch well and pitch efficiently.
I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.
When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.
That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to make it. You need an education, that's why for me, it was such an important decision to go to college and further my education to provide me a safety net in case this didn't work out.
It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.
It's my goal every single year. That's the only goal I really set for myself is to make sure I'm better every single year.
I've said it, I'll keep saying it, I want to be in Detroit. I've really enjoyed my time here. I really enjoy the clubhouse and everyone that's involved.
When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.
If I got hurt or anything, I was going to need a college degree. Nothing was going to stop me from getting that.
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