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Matt Thornton Quotes

«He wanted to make sure he knew I can compete, for me to pitch like he knows I can, like I know I can.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«[Chavez] must have spent days with a bucket of balls, getting me to work on my arm swing. This is the most basic stuff.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«I have a good fastball and I'm sure he is looking for that. I got beat on my second best pitch, something I shouldn't have done.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«We're both tall guys and we both throw hard, and I wanted to get a little idea how he does it.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«We talked a lot about mechanics. Being tall, when something mechanical can go wrong, it goes wrong in a hurry. We talked about what he watches out for and the things he does in his bullpen sessions. It was good stuff.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«I respect what he's done in this game. He's a great guy. You see him as being so fierce and intense, but when you talk to him one-on-one, you see what a great guy he is. He said this is his way to give back to the game, his way to give back to other players. It was something that superstars in his day, who he watched and admired, did for him.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«In the end, we got to the slow and easy takeoff, and when my foot hits the ground and my arm starts forward, then I explode. My fastball has gone from 87-93 to 95-96.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«It felt like you were throwing in a tunnel. Even though there were nets between the cages, every so often a ball would sail right at you from the cage next to you. You knew it wasn't going to hit you, but you still saw it out of the corner of your eye.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«It's going to be tough on me to have her in Michigan, but it will probably be tougher on Bella. But in the season, I'm at the park for a long time every day and on road trips, she'd have to go in a kennel, which wouldn't be very enjoyable.»
Author: Matt Thornton
«After my last outing, I was up in the zone, and it was something that Chaves and I just started working on, my drive to the plate. So I know exactly what we'll be working on here.»
Author: Matt Thornton