Andy Pettitte Quotes (94 Quotes)

He's gotten through rough times before, ... It hasn't all been gravy, you know. I've seen him blow saves before and bounce back. So I think he'll be aggressive. He's never folded up in the face of competition before. Somebody with that stuff, there's no reason to be scared.

He's got major decisions to make. I would never try to ask him or persuade him to do anything that he doesn't want to do.

No matter what we're doing offensively, I should pitch better. I knew Chris was going to throw a good game tonight. He has great stuff. I kind of made some mistakes tonight. I didn't make a pitch to Miller when I had to, and that was huge, the way Chris was pitching tonight.

We got the win, that's all that matters. It was a struggle again, that's for sure. My command wasn't great, my location wasn't good at all.

We took a huge step to get to the World Series. We've got a taste of it now. It's the same old story. We need to keep the club together and look forward to next year.

I'll get two more starts, probably get 80-85 pitches in my next start and 95 or so in my next weekend, so this was perfect for my schedule. This is a normal Spring Training for me. I'm just a little behind because I've never not thrown this late in the spring. But everything is great. I'm maybe 25-30 pitches behind.

I feel good with all my pitches. I'm throwing strikes, and I feel comfortable. I'm ready to go now.

I would just have to say that everything goes back to the first World Series, I guess, because as a boy that's what you grow up (dreaming about). ... New York was home for me, it seemed like,

I felt good. I stayed within myself. 'Bigg' hit the big home run.

It doesn't get any more exciting than what we went through in the last series with Boston. I think it was more a World Series for Boston. But this is the World Series. We'll be ready for that.

A pitching coach needs to be a good pin cushion. He's somebody that will talk to you during the game and listen to you and (you can) throw stuff off of him.

That's the bad thing about being a starting pitcher. You have to sit on that for four days. It's been a while since I had an outing like that, actually a long, long time (1996).

I was having trouble pushing off. It just got to that point.

It seemed like I was in trouble in every inning, but the guys picked me up and played great defense and scored some runs.

I know I've done it before, you know, ... I know it's shocking. It shocked me, I can promise you that. I mean I'm just terrible. I hit so bad I was like, 'I need a miracle at the plate.' I told Craig Biggio, too, and Biggio said, 'You got to believe.'

I would have to say they are the team to beat in the National League. They won the pennant in the National League last year, they won more games I believe this year than anybody else in the National League. It will be a tough battle for us to win this series.

Brandon was throwing the ball real well, and we weren't seeing the ball off him the first time around, ... We had another big inning in the fifth, and that's huge.

I never got into a real good rhythm at all, ... Extremely disappointed in starting off the series and the game like that. Just gave them too much.

I know I feed off Roger, and I'm sure other guys do, too. It's a different role for me. I was just a kid the first time I got to the Series in New York. This is a much different experience for me.

They're for real. There's no doubt about that.

He just does a great job of communicating with us and that's all you can ask for. You get a good relationship with someone like that and the relationship is really what it's all about.

When Backe went down there, I told him if he didn't have a good outing I might have to get rid of him, ... It's good Baggy was down there. I wish I could have been there, maybe put a little pressure on him to perform a little better, with the boss in town.

While running around, I'm watching the whole time. I jumped out of the way and it still got me. It was chasing me, I couldn't get away from it.

He said he had seen her sick before. He was hoping that she would be able to pull through. She's pulled through plenty of times before. She must have been extremely sick.

What might sound small or trivial to a lot of people is important to me. I know there are restaurants with bars that I go to, like a Chili's. I'll eat there two or three times a week. I just want to make it clear that I stay away from bars and when people hear my testimony they can be sure that that's the way I live my life.

It's just extremely disappointing. A special day for the organization, getting our rings, and just a horrible outing by me.

All it's been doing this postseason is adding a little more gray hair to my head,

We just need to figure out a way to get it done, ... If the pitcher struggles, we have to score some runs to win some games. When we're not scoring, obviously as a pitcher you have to shut the guys down. Right now, we have to do what it takes.

I couldn't have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I was Santa Claus after throwing those pitches. It was just sickening, especially the homer.

I threw my street clothes on and left, so that was my day.

I was just terrible. I made terrible pitches. I didn't make any quality pitches at all.

I hate it. I wish I could have seen him play in his heyday. He's worked so hard. We had high hopes for him to make it. He's going to try to get it taken care of and see where it goes from there. It's a loss for us, a big loss.

I'm thankful I'm here, ... I'm thankful I can pitch in these games. It's fun for me to be able to pitch in this situation with the pressure of the postseason. I've had an opportunity to do it an awful lot in my career, and I'm just very thankful I've got an opportunity to do it again with this organization.

We haven't spent time together like we did in New York.

I'm going to be able to make that start no problem. There is no concern at all.

That's kind of what we thought we'd end up playing them. . . . I still want those guys to do good.

I've had a lot of chances to pitch in a lot of big games with New York and it's helped me I think to be able to relax and to be able to calm myself down,

All you can say is, if a guy is tipping pitches, you just hope he and the pitching coach can work on it, look at some video or whatever, and see it, ... before you screw up in a World Series.

It's definitely a little different, ... This is right there with my first trip in '96. Obviously we went so many times after that in New York, but this is just extremely, extremely special and gratifying to be able to help this organization get to this World Series.

If you think about how well he pitched last year and how he is, it would surprise me if he retired. But then on the other hand, knowing him, I could see why he would retire. His oldest kid is going to be playing in the minor leagues, and he'd like to see him, his next one is a senior in high school.

I was having some serious difficulty pushing off the rubber with my foot. Basically, for a couple innings, I was in survival mode out there. I was trying to sink everything and trying to put it in the corners.

I know it's only been two years, ... but it seems like I'm so far removed from New York now. It just seems strange. I guess I don't feel quite as sorry for them as maybe I did last year when I saw them lose four games to Boston.

I can't sit here and honestly say I know (if he'll play next year) for sure. It's been two long, hard years here.

He's unbelievable. His arm and his body is so strong, if anything ever aggravates him, it's his leg. He could probably pitch for another 10 years, as far as his arm goes.

It's almost like I'm 24 again and I'm like, 'Man, we got to a World Series It's unbelievable,'

I hope they haven't figured anything out, and I just hope I can continue to make good pitches, quality pitches, against them because they are tough to face up and down the lineup.

I want to help this team take that step to get into a World Series, ... For the organization and for the city, it's extremely important to me.

Really, the only pressure I've ever really felt has just come from myself, ... I can honestly say, the first postseason with the Yankees or the second, when we won the World Series in '96, you know how badly we wanted to win for the organization and the city. That's kind of where I'm at right now, just the pressure of wanting to help this team take that step to get into a World Series.

I can't make that mistake. I threw a changeup and left it up. I pride myself on trying not to make mistakes like that, and I've done a good job of it for the most part. I was upset with the pitch.

Obviously, the starting pitcher, you've got to set the tone. The first inning, give up three runs, that's just terrible. It's extremely disappointing. I'm embarrassed. I don't know what to say. I've got to go around to every guy and apologize.