Jake Arrieta Quotes

Jake Arrieta

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 6, 1986

You feel everybody has your best interests in mind, but you come to find out that's not necessarily the case.

Jake Arrieta

That's one the main reasons we live in Austin. The weather is so nice for the majority of the offseason, and it's easy for us to get out and ride bikes and get on some trails, to walk together as a family. Sometimes I'll go out for a trail run. We just like to do things outdoors.

Jake Arrieta

I don't think I've ever been as humbled as I have been in Pilates. It's incredible how much body control and how much isolated strength you have to have to complete these movements successfully.

Jake Arrieta

That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.

Jake Arrieta

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

Jake Arrieta

I care about the integrity of the game.

Jake Arrieta

I wouldn't want to disappoint my family, my friends, my fans.

Jake Arrieta

As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.

Jake Arrieta

You rarely see any blowout games.

Jake Arrieta

There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.

Jake Arrieta

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

Jake Arrieta

At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.

Jake Arrieta

With a runner at second base with nobody out, you're trying to punch somebody out. You understand when there are guys in scoring position; hitters like to be aggressive early.

Jake Arrieta

I'm not really into the statements kind of thing.

Jake Arrieta

I was giving some of my teammates a hard time, saying I've got more pop than they do.

Jake Arrieta

People asking my teammates, 'Is Arrieta a guy who'd try to cheat the system?' Honestly, hearing that kind of stuff come from some of the best players in baseball is honestly a compliment. I view it that way.

Jake Arrieta

We're tested eight, nine times a year - blood tested, urine tested, so I mean, if people think I'm doing something, tell them to increase the testing.

Jake Arrieta

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

Jake Arrieta

I've made it clear I like Chicago.

Jake Arrieta

I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.

Jake Arrieta