Greg Maddux
Greg Maddux
Gregory Alan "Greg" Maddux, nicknamed "Mad Dog" and "The Professor", is an American former Major League Baseballpitcher now serving as a special advisor to Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. Maddux is best known for his accomplishments while playing for the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves. The first to achieve a number of feats and records, he was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years, matched...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 April 1966
CitySan Angelo, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be.
The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.
I'd rather try and not win than not try at all
When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I am trying to keep in mind is that relying on my past performance will not make me win my next game, it'll only get in my way.
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.
Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What do I do now? I guess I'll have to get a second job.
There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. But I really know how to do this. I'm not just hoping to get it where I want it... Let the other guys do it half-assed.
You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.
The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery
I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.
I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.
I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.
I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year we went to Hawaii.
My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.