Long-time lurker, first time poster. This fits here, sort of.
Back in '88 I stayed after a game at the player's lot. Ended up seeing Maddux. I had nothing for him to sign (my pre-planning skills were incomplete at 14), so I asked him what a pitcher should do; he'd been doing pretty good and I figured I could learn instead of get an autograph. He said this:
"Kid, all you need to do is to make the balls look like strikes and the strikes look like balls. Work fast, get ahead and change speeds, and it doesn't really matter how fast you throw. Keep 'em off balance and you'll win most of the time. If you're not having fun then don't play."
Back in '88 I stayed after a game at the player's lot. Ended up seeing Maddux. I had nothing for him to sign (my pre-planning skills were incomplete at 14), so I asked him what a pitcher should do; he'd been doing pretty good and I figured I could learn instead of get an autograph. He said this:
"Kid, all you need to do is to make the balls look like strikes and the strikes look like balls. Work fast, get ahead and change speeds, and it doesn't really matter how fast you throw. Keep 'em off balance and you'll win most of the time. If you're not having fun then don't play."