“Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.” ThinkingNeedsWellsEndsPlayAbleYoungCertainTermHurtCareersPlayerAmountEgoTricksArroganceBetter Than YouPush Yourself Author:David Cone
“I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to handle the workload. You can only train for that by pitching innings. You can't simulate pitching off a mound in a game inside a weight room.” ThinkingAbleGamesRoomsNeededWeightStrongerTrainLegsHandleMore TimeComebackPitchingSimulateWorkloadWeight Room Author:David Cone
“I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office.” ThinkingSeriousOfficeClosetsSkeletonsPublic Office Author:David Cone
“I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.” ThinkingPitcher Author:David Cone
“I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.” ThinkingWorldCareChanceAthleteDon't CareWoodsI Don't CareBatsTigersWayneGreatest AthleteGretzky Author:David Cone
“It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it.” ThinkingPlayerMissingFlowBaseballClockKicksInternalsJuiceBaseball PlayerFebruaryUnderestimated Author:David Cone
