Chris Carpenter Quotes (66 Quotes)

You hope that you win. But when you're talking about the quality of seasons those other guys had, there's nothing you can say about it (if someone else won).

I felt relaxed, ... I felt confident. When I was in trouble, I wasn't concerned about it. I was really focused on what I needed to do and I did it all night long.

Shows consistency. But that's what my goal is trying to be consistent as often as I can. I've said this (before) If you go out and be consistent and give this team a chance to win with the defense, offense and bullpen we have, we're going to win a lot of games.

I thought early on I got away with a couple pitches, but we made some nice defensive plays.

I think people misunderstood, ... I had cramps all over my body. It wasn't just about my hand. I had it in my hamstring, my shoulder, both hands, my calves, so I'm not concerned about that. I think it was just a day that was hot.

Every ball was up in the strike zone. No matter who you're facing, you're going to give up hits when you do that.

I feel like I have the ability to go out there and control myself and control each pitch way more than I've ever done before,

If you go out there relaxed, you're going to give up runs. You have to go out and continue to compete and make pitches.

Granted, as a competitor, the games mean a lot to you. But we clinched, and there was nothing on the line anymore, everybody was talking about who we're going to play and what day we're going to play and where, all that stuff. You lose a tiny little edge and you get beat.

I definitely felt better than I felt the last couple of starts, mechanically, ... I felt like I was getting through the ball a lot better. My sinker was better, my cutter was better and my command was better.

I had command of my sinker, command of my cutter, and command of my breaking ball, and I was able to throw it when I wanted to throw it and keep them off-balance all night,

We've got a great club, ... We've got to continue to play the way we've been playing in this series to continue to move on.

I actually enjoy pitching here. It's a nice place. I like the park. The mound is good. If you start concerning yourself with that short wall in left, the next thing you know, you go away from your game. They still have got to hit it out there.

I sat there watching him pitch those two years in Toronto (in 1997 and '98) and it was amazing,

I was just lobbing it to the point Mel was catching it with his bare hands. I was just lobbing it to feel it come off my hand and feel the spin it was supposed to have.

I can control the game down in the strike zone with them and keep the ball down. It's tough to elevate when you hit a lot of ground balls.