Andy Pettitte
Andy Pettitte
Andrew Eugene "Andy" Pettitteis an American former baseball starting pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the Houston Astros. Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees and was a three-time All-Star. He ranks as MLB's all-time postseason wins leader with 19...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 June 1972
CityBaton Rouge, LA
growing-up kids thinking
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.
couple mph years
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.
new-york winning men
Your pitching coach is almost like your spouse. He's someone to go to when you want to gripe and complain. The big thing for me with Mel (Stottlemyre) is that we've been through so much together. He's been through everything I've been through on the mound. He was a Yankee who won twenty games in New York and a Yankee who didn't win twenty games in New York. For me, he's been there and that's what makes a good pitching coach. He's a good man, too.
giving-up games play
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.
running jobs giving-up
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.
live-your-life way consistent
It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.
perfect want kill-me
It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there.
new-york play yankees
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.
thinking careers bigs
Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch.
opportunity giving people
When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.
humble games looks
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.
play guy honor
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.
balls hard ifs
If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.
baseball team winning
You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.