24+ Andy Pettitte Quotes On Sports, Baseball And Field

Andy Pettitte is an American former professional baseball player. He played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros. He is a five-time World Series champion, five-time All-Star, and is the all-time leader in postseason wins with 19. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Andy Pettitte on leadership, life, sports.

Top 10 Andy Pettitte Quotes

1. You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.
2. Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.
3. I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.
4. When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.
5. It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.
6. Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.
7. He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.
8. It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.
9. Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.
10. Hitters get paid a lot of money to hit. Let's face it, man, sometimes they just do.

Andy Pettitte Short Quotes

• I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.
• If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.
• When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.

Andy Pettitte Quotes About Pitching

I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned. — Andy Pettitte

You know how you just don't like guys on the other team sometimes? It's funny because growing up I loved Roger (Clemens), loved to watch Roger pitch. Then when I was first in the big leagues and he was for the other team, I hated him. — Andy Pettitte

Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch. — Andy Pettitte

I've pitched in a lot of big games. — Andy Pettitte

It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there. — Andy Pettitte

Andy Pettitte Famous Quotes And Sayings

It gives me great peace to know that no matter how good or how bad I do, the Lord loves me. That's all that really matters to me. Baseball isn't what everything is about. It's about the way I'm being a Christian husband, a Christian father, or the way I'm living my life and trying to be a Christian testimony to people. — Andy Pettitte

I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day. — Andy Pettitte

I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones. — Andy Pettitte

I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game. — Andy Pettitte

I was throwing a lot harder than I ever have at the end of last year. I got to ninety-five (mph) a couple of times in the World Series and I'm more of an eighty-eight or eighty-nine guy who relies on location and movement. — Andy Pettitte

I try to sit down at night before they go to bed and read the Bible with them and do little devotionals and pray with them. I think if you instill it in them when they are young, they'll remember when they grow up. I raise them in church. When the doors are open, I want to be there. My kids love to go. So does my wife. — Andy Pettitte

Life Lessons by Andy Pettitte

1. Andy Pettitte's career demonstrates the importance of hard work and dedication to achieving success.
2. He also shows that it is possible to overcome obstacles and remain focused on the goal.
3. His example can teach us to stay humble and remain committed to our goals, no matter the challenge.