If The Mets Can Win

I Would Like To Be A Great Artist. I Would Quit Pitching If I Could Paint Like Monet Or Rousseau. But I Cant. What I Can Do Is Pitch, And I Can Do That Very Well.

Do You Think It's Easy To Just Walk Up To Joe Dimaggio And Start Up A Conversation? I've Been Around Him At Old-timers' Games, And Believe Me, He's Someone Special. It's Not Easy To Walk Over And Say, 'how Ya Doin', Joe, Whaddya Say?' You Really Feel As Though This Is The One Old-timer You Have To Call Mister.

Take A Look At All Of Them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - What Do You Think Made Them Successful? They Conditioned Their Arms By Pitching More, Not Less, Starting From When They Signed Their First Contract.

In Baseball, My Theory Is To Strive For Consistency, Not To Worry About The Numbers. If You Dwell On Statistics You Get Shortsighted; If You Aim For Consistency, The Numbers Will Be There At The End.

Once A Year, I Take My Whole Wine Team Down To See The Giants, And We Meet The Players. Ive Never Seen Anyone Pitch Like Lincecum That Can Throw The Ball And Get Through The Front Leg. He Has That Stiff Front Leg.