Joel Zumaya Quotes (13 Quotes)

I got up (to throw) and they told me to start hurrying up. It's kind of weird, but, hey, I got warmed up real quick. It's just all about being relaxed and doing your work out there.

I felt pretty good. I fell behind with my curve a couple of times. And they're a good-hitting fastball team.

This is a great baseball town. I'm 21, so to see a place sold out with everybody into it is unbelievable and fun.

That's something I'm probably going to go to sleep with tonight - realizing I'm a lot better pitcher than that, and I know a lot better than to throw a 3-0 fastball up in the zone and let him swing freely. If I could do it right now, I'd throw it low and away, and not care if I walked him. There were two out.

You gotta learn that you can't throw it right down the middle against these guys. I threw that one in there 98 miles an hour, and he hit it out at about 110.

First things first, the jitters are gone. I did what I had to do. I dreamt all through the night time hoping I'd have a great start and it came true.

We hear it, people talking about me and Justin, saying these guys are our future. The crowd was amazing. We've got a whole city relying on us, and we are gonna do something. Believe me, we're gonna do some damage.

It's my softer side. I go out there and relax. I'm a big fisherman. I love to fish ... in the Pacific Ocean, for tuna and rockfish.

There's a big charter boat in San Diego. I wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning, get on the charter boats and won't come back until the next day.

I didn't really want to talk to anybody (on Tuesday). I wanted to relax and just go have a good dinner with my family and get some sleep. The phone rang a lot yesterday.

There's a lot of people walking around with Tigers stuff on. Lots of them.

I threw right down the middle, 98-plus mph. It got hit probably about 110 out to left field.

I felt really good. Everything was on. I was throwing strikes. I was putting the ball where I wanted to put it. It was a real good day for me today. I wasn't actually nervous at all.