Quotes About Andy Pettitte

#1. Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

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#2. I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned.

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#3. I was throwing a lot harder than I ever have at the end of last year. I got to ninety-five (mph) a couple of times in the World Series and I'm more of an eighty-eight or eighty-nine guy who relies on location and movement.

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#4. If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

Jack Ma

#5. It kills me when I make a bad pitch ... I want to be perfect out there.

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#6. He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.

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#7. I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

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#8. One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

John Wooden

#9. Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.

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#10. I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.

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#11. You know how you just don't like guys on the other team sometimes? It's funny because growing up I loved Roger (Clemens), loved to watch Roger pitch. Then when I was first in the big leagues and he was for the other team, I hated him.

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#12. Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

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#13. I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day.

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#14. If they love you to death never die on them

Drake

#15. I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones.

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#16. A work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

Katherine Paterson

#17. When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.

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#18. You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you could say that I became an adviser to several CIA agents in the field and, through my friends in the CIA, met many powerful people and did special works and special favors.

Steven Seagal

#19. If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.

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#20. I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game.

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#21. Hitters get paid a lot of money to hit. Let's face it, man, sometimes they just do.

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#22. Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch.

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#23. It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.

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#24. You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

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#25. I've pitched in a lot of big games.

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#26. When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess!

Mary Lambert

#27. It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.

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#28. When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.

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