12+ Juan Marichal Quotes On Baseball, Culture And War

Juan Marichal is a Dominican American former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants from 1960 to 1975. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 and is widely considered one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Juan Marichal on baseball, life, culture.

If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms. — Juan Marichal

My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day. — Juan Marichal

We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding. — Juan Marichal

We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to. — Juan Marichal

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running. — Juan Marichal

Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels. — Juan Marichal

I faced Gibson many times and faced Sandy Koufax three times. — Juan Marichal

But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him. — Juan Marichal

There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough. — Juan Marichal

I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate. — Juan Marichal

You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. — Juan Marichal

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger. — Juan Marichal

Life Lessons by Juan Marichal

1. Juan Marichal taught us the importance of hard work and dedication, as he worked tirelessly to become one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time.
2. He also showed us the power of resilience, as he overcame numerous setbacks to reach the top of his profession.
3. Finally, Marichal showed us the value of setting and achieving goals, as he set out to become the best and achieved his dream.