Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.
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
The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.
I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers. . . try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.
Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be.
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.
But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.
A good civilization gives the greatest possible scope to the common passions and makes them intelligible among the great number of people.
Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.