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
I think he wants to win more than the other guy. I think he is in total control when he is out there. I really do. Total control.
It's spring training, and you don't have to walk him. You've got that going for you. Yeah, it was fun to actually face him and not have to worry about winning the game and walking him.
My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.
I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.
I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.
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.
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.
I'd rather try and not win than not try at all
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games
I've always felt the last one was kind of a waste. The last Spring Training start, it's like, 'God, I hope no one hits one off my knee or foot,' because you feel like you're ready to go.
Julio Franco once said age is just a number. I'm beginning to agree with him.
I couldn't see. I had a hard time with contacts, was the thinking. I didn't mind wearing glasses. I saw fine out of my glasses. Contacts? I had no chance. I had one work, one didn't. Next inning the other one would work, the other one wouldn't. I just had bumpy eyes, I guess. My eyes were bumpier than the normal person. I was a tough fit for contacts.
I wouldn't mind playing for him -- or with him.
My goal has always been 20 (wins) and to try to get to the postseason. Fifteen was a number that was thrown out there because I think that was the fewest amount I ever won. I never worried about it. It was kind of cool with all the 15-win stuff, but my goal has always been 20.