Pat Connaughton Quotes

Pat Connaughton

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : January 6, 1993

Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.

Pat Connaughton

It's just like any job. We're either in the arena or working out during certain hours of the day, but you have other hours for things that you want to do during the day as a human being, and for me, maybe I don't go shopping. Maybe I go into my backyard and throw against a net.

Pat Connaughton

Out of respect for the Baltimore Orioles, it would have to be a crazy scenario for them to look differently on me and for me not to come back.

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I think when it comes to basketball, there's so many different ways you can affect the game.

Pat Connaughton

I've done it before where I get guys banging their bat on the ground after their second or third at-bat because you just have so many different combinations to try to get him to swing and miss.

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You've gotta feel at home when you're on the mound.

Pat Connaughton

There's nothing like being a pitcher on the mound. You're by yourself. Ever since I was a little kid watching Pedro Martinez do it, night in and night out. I've always loved it.

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Notre Dame was the first school to offer me basketball-wise.

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Kids specializing at sports at such a young age could be part of the reason why you're seeing so many injuries.

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Baseball-wise, the Orioles specifically love that I haven't pitched as much as other guys coming into Major League Baseball.

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You're using the same body parts over and over again, eventually there will be wear and tear.

Pat Connaughton

One of the things that I've always had fun with is the stereotype 'white man can't jump.' It's followed me along my whole career and it's something that obviously I've tried to disprove many times.

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The tap of the backboard, that's a lot of body control, I've gotta be hanging in the air for a quite a bit of time.

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If you would have told me when I was a kid that I would be sitting here with an ACC championship and been drafted in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft, I would have taken it in a heartbeat.

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We were able to change the mold of the regular season for Notre Dame basketball, so we thought, 'Why can't we do it in the postseason?'

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When I was able to come to a school that not only has some of the best athletics but the best academics, I wanted to make sure I didn't let this school down.

Pat Connaughton

I'm quick enough to hang with guards and big enough post them up, then when they stick a big man on me, I'm able to use my quickness to go around them.

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I play a lot of positions in high school, but in the end I'll probably be a pitcher.

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I love St. John's Prep as a school. I like the people there, it's a great school.

Pat Connaughton