I think there's a lot of learning process in figuring out what things you want to do and shouldn't do. Maturing in that way is something that comes with experience and time. Matt Harvey More Quotes by Matt Harvey More Quotes From Matt Harvey I think a lot of women would be impressed by my shoe collection. Matt Harvey shoe i-think think women Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff. Matt Harvey parents family music love I think the big thing is keeping positive energy in the clubhouse. The amount of time we spend in there and spend together carries over into what you do on the field. Matt Harvey you together time positive I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners. Matt Harvey hockey events basketball morning Nobody knows the hard work that goes in the morning before I do anything. Matt Harvey nobody hard-work work morning This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the weight programs, you have the technology, and as a pitcher, you need to keep up. Matt Harvey day you technology age When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason and able to do that, as a pitcher you have to keep up. Matt Harvey you strong power country I have a 48-hour rule. No drinking two days before a start. But those other days? Yes, I'm gonna go out. If I was locked up in my house all week, I don't know what I'd be like on the baseball field. Matt Harvey start like know house I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around? Matt Harvey lose win hate love Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on. Matt Harvey only job baseball love I'm very close with my friends. If someone was to ever come along and be the right person, they would have to get along with my friends. Matt Harvey person someone right-person friends There's not one part of me that wants to go crazy and do anything out of the ordinary, but it would be nice to do something and not have it spread all over the place. But that's the world we live in now, and you either have to accept it or figure it out - or become a villain, I guess. Matt Harvey me you crazy world As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly. Matt Harvey public-figure public you deserve You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write. Matt Harvey words you media want From the things I've read, I think I've been portrayed in kind of a way that makes me look like I don't put an effort into winning. I think that's completely the wrong portrayal of the person I am. Matt Harvey i-am look me effort When people are getting on me for being at a Ranger game at 7 o'clock at night, they don't see what I've done between yoga, Pilates, workout, thrown, ran, done all my work by 5 o'clock, ate, and then I went to the game. Nobody is seeing that. Nobody is commenting on that. Matt Harvey me work night people I'm here to win. I'm here to play, and who I hang out with is my choice. Matt Harvey here choice win play You've got to stay positive and go out and work as hard as you can to fix things, and there are going to be adjustments throughout your career, and hopefully it's a long one, so figuring out how to stay out there and get people out is part of baseball. Matt Harvey you work positive people When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal. Matt Harvey game time war long I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down. Matt Harvey wear down you want
