More - Scott Williamson Quotes

I hope they throw me right in the fire. I pitch my best in those kinds of games.

Scott Williamson

 Fire

If it gives one son or daughter the opportunity to say no, then I'm in favor of it.

Scott Williamson

 Opportunity

It's pretty exciting, ... It feels good for me that my wife has something other than me and the children to handle now, really something of her own that she can enjoy. I enjoy playing baseball and that's my job, and now she has something, too, that fulfills her life other than the kids and I.

Scott Williamson

 Children

It's got to be tough for Dusty and the ball club [to wonder], 'Do you put this guy in there in this situation. We know he's going to have good games and bad games. Is this the time?' ... It's a tough situation. I'm the one throwing the ball. Sometimes you have to put the blame on yourself.

Scott Williamson

 

There's going to be times you're going to erratic with your fastball, times when the curveball is not going to be there,

Scott Williamson

 

There's no excuses for that in my mind. I should still go out there, with a healthy elbow, and get guys out. I'm accustomed to challenging them with a fastball. If it's going to be 91, 92 (mph), then that's what I've got. You can't change your pitching. But it is frustrating.

Scott Williamson

 Mind

Sometimes [the elbow] feels powerful and sometimes it doesn't. Usually the days when it doesn't is the days I pitch well. Hopefully it'll feel worse, I guess. It feels as good as can be expected for the time I'm coming back from a major reconstruction.

Scott Williamson

 

If I had stayed with him, we probably would've been fine,

Scott Williamson

 

I'm getting beat by the same pitch. It's my slider, ... It used to be my bread and butter. It hasn't come around like I thought it was going to. To come to this level, they make you realize if it's good or not, and right now it's not. All my hits are off that.

Scott Williamson

 

It was really good to have a talk with Larry, ... He understands and they understand, too. When you struggle, the first thing that goes is your confidence, and not really in yourself, but in the organization. In my mind, I can still get guys out. But in their mind, you wonder if they're thinking, 'Can we keep running him out there? He hasn't fared well. Do we put him in these situations or not?' It's not that I can't get them out. It's bad pitch selection by me.

Scott Williamson

 Struggle