110 Quotes by Max Scherzer

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

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

You worry about how you're throwing the ball, how you're executing your pitches.

All of the off-field stuff, I can promise you, it doesn't even register with me.

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

There's more to pitching than just striking guys out, but also it is a big reason why you can have success.

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.

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.

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.