Max Scherzer Quotes

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Max Scherzer

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 27, 1984

Celebrating with your team after wins, that's the best.

Max Scherzer

You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the same.

Max Scherzer

I don't know what my record's going to be. I can't dictate it. I mean, obviously I have to pitch well, but it also takes the guys at the plate to show up as well.

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Your pitches have to be sharp every time out.

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For me, I'm always willing to help young guys, because veterans have helped me out.

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Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.

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I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.

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There's really no secret to this; that everybody's - they are going to have a game plan against me and I'm going to have a game plan against them. It just comes down to execution.

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If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.

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You always have to get better.

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I've gotten to visit all the parks and put my name inside the Fenway wall.

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I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.

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When I was 18, graduating high school, I was going to the University of Missouri.

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That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to make it. You need an education, that's why for me, it was such an important decision to go to college and further my education to provide me a safety net in case this didn't work out.

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Push yourself every single day to continue to work at yourself. And I feel like that's the reason why I made it.

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Turning 30, life has definitely changed - it's changed for the better.

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The expectations and pressure doesn't mean you change. That's something that's always been instilled in me, and doesn't matter what the situation or what the game means, I'm always going to approach the game the same way.

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Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere.

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Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done in those situations.

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Sometimes you have to look at a start and say, 'Nothing is wrong.' Even when you get lit up, you still have to say 'Nothing is wrong.'

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