John Smoltz Quotes

John Smoltz

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : May 15, 1967

A manager's job in baseball, more than any other sport, is managing people.

John Smoltz

If the players don't produce, and aren't in the position to be evaluated correctly, then a manager's job of winning or losing baseball games gets falsely reported.

John Smoltz

I've learned so much through golf and myself. I've been frustrated a lot, but I've proved a lot, too.

John Smoltz

As a pitcher, when you let go of the ball, what happens after does not always indicate how well you threw it. There are a lot of other factors. But when I finish a round of golf, I know that everything I did is all me.

John Smoltz

I've always wanted to see how far I could take my competitive golf, but I didn't want to sit and wait for things. I wanted to actually compete in things, and I think that's the only way you learn about your game.

John Smoltz

You have to learn how to become your pitching coach, if you don't, you don't last.

John Smoltz

I never grunted, and never overthrew a pitch when I was a starter.

John Smoltz

When you're coming out of the pen, people are only gonna fear you if you're gonna get the job done, and if you're not, then you become a little more normal and people think there's cracks.

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I can tell you this, in sports or in life, if the risk is worth the reward, then people are going to still do the things they think to gain an edge.

John Smoltz

What makes golf unique is that it's up to the integrity of each person to determine whether they want to apply the rules as they're meant, and that's why golf has always been known as the gentleman's game.

John Smoltz

Back in the day The Shark, Greg Norman, was someone I loved to watch and root for. Jack Nicklaus too.

John Smoltz

Generally, when you lose, you don't want to leave your home. But for me, to go outside - win or lose - was part of a great system put in place for me, especially when we played on the road.

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I took notes a lot as a baseball player, and I take notes a lot as a golfer.

John Smoltz

Golf was a great way to be better in baseball. And now golf is something I enjoy, and a way to better experience and succeed in life.

John Smoltz

At the age of 7 I said, 'I know what I'm gonna be in life and I'm gonna be a Major League Baseball player.'

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My family was upset when I told them I wanted to play sports. But that's what I wanted to do.

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If someone told my parents that their oldest child was going to be a major league pitcher, they wouldn't have believed it.

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Parting ways with the Braves obviously didn't pan out as peacefully as I had hoped.

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Pitching for the Boston Red Sox proved to be one of the few challenges in my career that I was unable to overcome.

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