110 Quotes by Max Scherzer

I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game.

When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.

There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain different ways to look at things.

I'm trying to make sure that I get to my 0-2, 1-2 counts. That's really how I would rather phrase it: I'm trying to make sure that I can drive the count into my favor.

I grew up with dogs. My wife really loves dogs.

I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

That's been kinda my secret. You use everything off the field to help make you better on the field.

I need to eat a large meal before I play, and the one thing that was kind of consistent in every single clubhouse at least in the minors was a roast beef sandwich. So that kind of stuck there, and it just kind of stuck in the big leagues as well.

Look, the umpires behind the plate? They're human. They're doing the best they can to try to call balls and strikes. I understand that there's a lot of calls that kinda are 50-50. They can go either way. And as a starting pitcher, you try to manage, 'Alright, if you didn't get that call, maybe you'll get it again here a few innings later.'