59 Quotes by Tom Seaver

Fenway is the essence of baseball

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.

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.

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'