Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.