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
yankee-stadium yankees stuff
When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.
games bigs
I've pitched in a lot of big games.
father book school
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.
thinking impact giving
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.
yankees concepts
Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.
christian baseball husband
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.
talking guy other-guys
I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.
clothes street threw
I threw my street clothes on and left, so that was my day.
extra games gotten loved three win
We're not down. We're in a situation, you look at it, we've got three games to win one. We'd have loved to have gotten it done (Monday) for sure, but we didn't. We've got to go there, we've got to play hard, we can't make any mistakes, can't give them any extra outs. We've got to make some pitches, and we need to get it done.
doubt
They're for real. There's no doubt about that.
close moment remember special stay yesterday
That one will stay real close to me, ... I remember that one like it was yesterday just because of being so young. It was a special moment in my career.
club forward huge last next playoffs step taste together took winning year
Last year (2004) we took a big step by winning in the playoffs for the first time. This year was another huge step. We've got a taste of it now. Now it's the same old story, try to keep your club together and look forward to next year.
balls heart threw
I was just bad, ... I threw a lot of balls right in the heart of the zone.
club forward huge next step taste together took
We took a huge step to get to the World Series. We've got a taste of it now. It's the same old story. We need to keep the club together and look forward to next year.