Bruce Sutter Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.”

“I was short with my fastball and breaking ball.”

“I'm basically a country person.”

“The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.”

“I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the time. It was a pitch that I had to have. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't have been in the big leagues.”

“I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.”

“It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a World Series without one. Where would the Yankees be without Mariano Rivera?”

“My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.”