David Cone Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse.”

“I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there. No clock - nothing happens until I throw that thing. Nothing happens. I love that feeling.”

“Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going.”

“Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.”

“I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.”

“I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.”

“Today baseball is currently enjoying a run of more than 14 years without interruption, a record that would have been inconceivable in the 1990s.”

“We charted individual pitches by hand, so I had that data from game to game, but from year to year, I didn't really have that data, because a lot of times it was discarded.”

“I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.”

“I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas City. He was a union guy, and I guess it was just in my blood.”