John Smoltz Quotes

John Smoltz

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : May 15, 1967

Becoming a Christian allowed me to find peace and become the pitcher I always knew I could be. I'd always had a strong arm; now I finally had a strong faith to match.

John Smoltz

I don't think I ever had a bad teacher, which is really rare.

John Smoltz

A lot of young players do not know the game, they don't know those who came before them that allowed them to be great, that allowed them to have the moment. That's the one problem I have a problem with - when they think they can just show up and put on a uniform. As long as they honor the game to make it as great of a game as it is, I'm all for it.

John Smoltz

I have fingerprints on my career from all of those who have touched me and impacted me and helped me along the way.

John Smoltz

Yeah, I've never been afraid of any challenge, and I'm either all in or all out, because that's the mindset I've always had.

John Smoltz

You had the stoic Glavine, non-emotional and not knowing what's going on. You had kind of the nerdy professor in Maddux and then I was Goofy. I just kind of let it all hang out.

John Smoltz

If you ask me, if Tony Gwynn played in a 60-game season, I'd say he's gonna hit .400.

John Smoltz

Everybody wants quick results, expectations through the roof.

John Smoltz

Going to the pen was something I had to learn to do. It wasn't something I wanted to do. If it made our team better, I was all in.

John Smoltz

I want to win more than anybody. But I also like it when people do it the right way and compete the right way.

John Smoltz

You'll never hear me say anything cocky or outlandish, but I always thought if I was starting Game 1 in the playoffs, then we were ahead 2-0 in the series because I would get at least that many starts.

John Smoltz

I think back to playing the accordion, there was no reason to believe I would be a baseball player.

John Smoltz

I don't understand how a sport can play at least twice as many games as any other and not have the same schedule. It's mind-boggling to me. Don't play interleague leagues. Don't choose rivalries. Don't manipulate the schedule. Just play everyone the same.

John Smoltz

The way it is now, 75% of teams leave spring training with no chance to win, and no desire to win so they can build for the future.

John Smoltz

I've been to great sporting events: the Super Bowl, Final Four, you name it.

John Smoltz

I don't know that we'll ever see a 3,000-strikeout guy again.

John Smoltz

If every pitching staff is working at a 30- to 40-percent Tommy John rate and DL rate, then how long are those guys going to last?

John Smoltz

For me, throwing the slider has always been something that has come naturally.

John Smoltz

To be associated with the great Roberto Clemente - whom we all try to emulate - is the greatest honor of my career.

John Smoltz

I had the best opportunity to play with two of the greatest pitchers in the game.

John Smoltz