Roy Oswalt Professions : Baseball player Born : August 29, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Roy Oswalt I've always been a guy who likes big games. Roy Oswalt likes guy games It doesn't matter who's in the box. You go after them and get them out the best way you can. Roy Oswalt boxes matter way I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors. Roy Oswalt growing-up college school They pay you to pitch and that's what I'm going to do. Roy Oswalt pay I've been in the same place for 10 years and having to say goodbye and clean out the locker is the toughest part. Roy Oswalt lockers goodbye years When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city. Roy Oswalt bigs cities looks I don't like to be the guy that stands out. I like kind of sneaking up on guys instead of being out front. Roy Oswalt standing-out guy kind I like a challenge. I always have. Roy Oswalt challenges I always heard that I was too small. Roy Oswalt heard I'm just trying to stay aggressive and mix things up enough to be successful. Roy Oswalt successful enough trying Guys think I'm staring them down, but they watch ME for signs. Why can't I do the same to them? Roy Oswalt guy watches thinking You have one good game or season, so what? You have to have a career. Roy Oswalt seasons careers games On any given night, I can throw a shutout. Roy Oswalt given i-can night Every time I go out there I expect to win. Roy Oswalt winning This is a dozer you can do anything with. Roy Oswalt can-do The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that ball is low' - but then you go back and look at the tape, and it's right there. My catchers tell me, and the hitters tell me, that the ball stays true flight the last five or six feet. Roy Oswalt tape feet complaining Similar Authors Albert Belle baseball-player Bob Horner baseball-player Bob Wickman baseball-player Brian Gordon baseball-player Bronson Arroyo baseball-player Buster Posey baseball-player All Authors
