When you start a game, you don't think to yourself, "well, OK, I'm going throw a one-hitter today." It just becomes an organism, your outing becomes an organism and it grows.
Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it mig… - R.A. Dickey
Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it mig…
- R.A. Dickey
I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become. - R.A. Dickey
I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.
A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, … - R.A. Dickey
A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, …
I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there. - R.A. Dickey
I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.
I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn't know what I would do if I wasn't a baseball player. - R.A. Dickey
I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn't know what I would do if I wasn't a baseball player.
It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in … - R.A. Dickey
It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in …
I would use sport as an escape from the pain of what was real. Instead of dealing with the pain, instead of being honest about the pain, instead of a… - R.A. Dickey
I would use sport as an escape from the pain of what was real. Instead of dealing with the pain, instead of being honest about the pain, instead of a…
There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.? - R.A. Dickey
There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.?
Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort. - R.A. Dickey
Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort.
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