You got the ball in your hands and you’re in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody’s gonna hit you. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn’t even sure I’d get picked at all. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
I’ve done enough wrong on my own, I don’t want to get blamed for something I didn’t do. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
The day I pitched, I would drink either ’cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn’t sleep. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they’ve given so much to you. Dwight Gooden Read Quote
