Max Scherzer Quotes

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Max Scherzer

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 27, 1984

When you look at starting pitchers, once they make it through year four, then - knock on wood - you see a lot of injury risk go down.

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It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

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I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

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I love competing against the best.

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Having a pitch clock, if you have ball-strike implications, that's messing with the fabric of the game. There's no clock in baseball, and there's no clock in baseball for a reason.

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I understand what sabermetrics get across, and what they're getting across is to keep it simple. Especially for me, as a pitcher, that's something that helps me - finding ways to keep it simple. Numbers can only tell so much.

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You either get better or you get worse. Those are the only two options.

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You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.

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Any time I've put extra work in, I see results.

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The game can come down to one pitch. But when you're actually out there on the mound and when you're pitching, you can't be worrying about the margin of error or whatnot. You have to go with your strengths and what you believe is the right pitch and keep executing pitches.

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When Jim Leyland calls - and I have so much respect for Jim Leyland - when he asked me to play, you don't say no.

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Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.

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I pitch to win.

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Sometimes in this game, you get punched in the face. And you've got to be able to take it and learn from it.

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When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.

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When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.

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I just continue to keep getting better.

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Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.

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In previous experiences of being in the All-Star Games, you know, seeing the hometown players and how the fans get behind the hometown players, it's always been a special moment just watching that from afar and being on the other side.

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A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the postseason, sometimes how you might have to pitch on two days' rest out of the pen, only throw one inning and then you have to go face the best hitters. That's what you do in the All-Star Game.

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