When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people. Andy Pettitte More Quotes by Andy Pettitte More Quotes From Andy Pettitte I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing. Andy Pettitte other-guys guy talking You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win. Andy Pettitte team baseball winning If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard. Andy Pettitte right-place hard balls Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals. Andy Pettitte impact giving thinking Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it. Andy Pettitte ping-pong tennis winning It gives me great peace to know that no matter how good or how bad I do, the Lord loves me. That's all that really matters to me. Baseball isn't what everything is about. It's about the way I'm being a Christian husband, a Christian father, or the way I'm living my life and trying to be a Christian testimony to people. Andy Pettitte husband baseball christian I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned. Andy Pettitte giving-up running jobs Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across. Andy Pettitte new-york-yankees concepts yankees I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium. Andy Pettitte yankees new-york play It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there. Andy Pettitte kill-me perfect want I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game. Andy Pettitte giving-up games play It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life. Andy Pettitte live-your-life consistent way He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach. Andy Pettitte father book school Your pitching coach is almost like your spouse. He's someone to go to when you want to gripe and complain. The big thing for me with Mel (Stottlemyre) is that we've been through so much together. He's been through everything I've been through on the mound. He was a Yankee who won twenty games in New York and a Yankee who didn't win twenty games in New York. For me, he's been there and that's what makes a good pitching coach. He's a good man, too. Andy Pettitte new-york winning men I've pitched in a lot of big games. Andy Pettitte bigs games When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever. Andy Pettitte yankee-stadium yankees stuff Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch. Andy Pettitte bigs careers thinking I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day. Andy Pettitte guy honor play I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones. Andy Pettitte humble games negative I try to sit down at night before they go to bed and read the Bible with them and do little devotionals and pray with them. I think if you instill it in them when they are young, they'll remember when they grow up. I raise them in church. When the doors are open, I want to be there. My kids love to go. So does my wife. Andy Pettitte growing-up kids thinking
