Tom Seaver

My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different.

Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'

I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I can't. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.