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R.A. Dickey Biography

Robert Allen Dickey (born October 29, 1974) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves.

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A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren't too fond of.

Everything, General, League, Managers, Organization, People

The more I grew as a human being, the better I became at my craft.

Became, Crafts, Grew, Human, Humans

I've worked for everything I've ever got and it's worked out. Even if I was the Cy Young Award winner I still would not want to feel that sense of entitlement. I would still treat every game like it's my very first game and my very last game.

Awards, Game, Games, Want, Winner, Worked

Who doesn’t want a Cy Young Award? What kid didn’t grow up wanting to be the best? I’m no different. I want to be the best. I’ve always wanted to be the best.

Awards, Grow, Growing Up, Kid, Kids, Young

I can't tell you how excited I am to be a part of an organization that's committed to winning.

Excited, Organization, Part, Winning

Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it might. I had no guarantees, but I trusted that if I worked hard and put in the time, it would eventually reap a fruit. I just didn't know what that fruit was going to be or how big it was going to be.

Fruit, Guarantees, Keep, Might, Time, Worked

When you start a game, you don't think to yourself, "well, OK, I'm going throw a one-hitter today. " It just becomes an organism, your outing becomes an organism and it grows.

Game, Games, Organism, Outing, Thinking, Today

If you aren't willing to face your demons-if you can't find the courage to take on your fear and hurt and anger-you might as well wrap them up with a bow and give them to your children. Because they will be carrying the same thing. . . unless you are willing to do the work

Children, Courage, Fear, Giving, Hurt, Willing

You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit strikeout games in the big leagues, or anything like that. You just try to win, and the outing becomes what the outing becomes.

Games, Guys, Outing, Thinking, Winning

I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.

Become, Clear, Good, Picture, Real

I don't really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I've always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that. ?

Couple, Hard, Knuckleball, Knuckleballs, Years

It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in knuckleball years!

Career, Careers, Dog, Like, Years

I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.

Deep, Felt, Guts, Like, Motivated, Thinking