Steve Carlton Quotes

#1. When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6 apart.

Tim McCarver

#2. I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

Randy Johnson

#3. I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

Ryne Sandberg

#4. Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

Steve Carlton

#5. To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

Steve Carlton

#6. Los Angeles is a sophisticated city; it has no eccentricities and no heart.

Stella Benson

#7. The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

Steve Carlton

#8. Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects ... the list is endless.

Dries Van Noten

#9. And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.

Steve Carlton

#10. But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.

Steve Carlton

#11. It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.

Steve Carlton

#12. My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Steve Carlton

#13. (Mike) Schmitty provided what the relief pitchers need most, home runs and great defense. He's the best third baseman that I ever played with, and maybe of all-time. Obvious Hall of Famer, even then. He retired while on top of his game. I thought for sure he was going to hit 600 home runs.

Steve Carlton

#14. Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

Christopher Reeve

#15. That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Steve Carlton

#16. So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

Steve Carlton

#17. Someone once said that the earth produces enough to satisfy needs, but not enough to satisfy
greed,

Paulo Coelho

#18. When a man is at his weakest is where he will find the greatest opportunity to become his strongest.

Calvin W. Allison

#19. I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.

Steve Carlton

#20. think the word you might be searching for," she finally said, "is stupefied. Or awed? Inspired?" She gave a shy little smile. "But vib. I'm not mad at you, Bartleby." My heart felt like a rubber ball bouncing down the stairs.

Alena Graedon

#21. I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

Steve Carlton

#22. I trained myself to perform on the field.

Steve Carlton

#23. To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

Steve Carlton

#24. And when I do crave privacy, I have only to flip the "Closed" sign on my shop door until I'm feeling sociable again. Everyone should have such signs on their doors, don't you think?

Trenton Lee Stewart

#25. Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch.

Tim McCarver

#26. I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

Mary J. Blige

#27. Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

Steve Carlton

#28. Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

Steve Carlton

#29. You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.

Steve Carlton