Dennis Eckersley Quotes & Sayings

“The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.”

“Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.”

“But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.”

“When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.”

“I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.”

“Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.”

“Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.”

“I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.”

“I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.”

“I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.”