151 Quotes by John Smoltz

I feel I am pitching really good. Sometimes you give up runs. We needed a win and I knew if I kept it close we would have a chance. If not we can not come back from those deficits.

My thoughts are I better be on my game. I think Game 4, the last time we hooked up in the World Series, he certainly was on his, and he beat us.

I don't need a game to determine anything about a pitch. This is what I've been through my whole career.

My whole career, it's never been about trying to achieve something like this, ... It's who I am.

I was trying to mess with their heads a little bit. I felt like if I could get through the first inning doing that, that the next few innings could give me some room for fastballs -- even right down the middle.

I beg to differ. One through five, they're as good as most people. I don't know if there's going to be a better division in baseball in terms of playing these guys 18 times.

The anticipation is what kills me, ... I have more fun in these games than I have in any game I pitch. The issue's going to be will I be able to contain that adrenaline. I learned how to do that in my latter years.

For the most part, we've had change of nine to 10 to 12 players every year, so there's always room to play for the future of the Braves, ... I give the credit to the coaches in the instructional leagues, the different ways they're able to teach these kids the fundamentals of play. Playing the game is one thing. They've done that all their life. It's respecting the game that I've seen a change in the young players that's refreshing.

You can't go through what I've gone through, ... and not be mentally tough.