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"A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball." Source: Baseball: An Informal History (Douglass Wallop)
"Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day." Source: The Sporting News (August 6, 1948)
"A pitcher is not a ballplayer." Source: Widely Attributed
"A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater."
"...But the saddest words of all to a pitcher are three: 'Take him out,'" Source: Pitching in a Pinch (Christy Mathewson)
"If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work."
"I owe everything I have to them (fans) when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching." Source: The Tumult and the Shouting (Grantland Rice)
"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." Source: Pitching in a Pinch (Christy Mathewson)
"No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw."
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
"You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained."
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