You’ve gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.
Steve Carlton
The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.
Steve Carlton
That’s the past. I don’t agree with retrospect.
Steve Carlton
Rooting is following, and I don’t do that, but I’d like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.
Steve Carlton
And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.
Steve Carlton
It’s all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.
Steve Carlton
I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.
Steve Carlton
To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn’t start your day off right.
Steve Carlton
I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don’t get to pass judgment on yourself.
Steve Carlton
My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Steve Carlton
Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in ’79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.
Steve Carlton
But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.
Steve Carlton
Everything I was, physically and mentally, that’s what I put on that field.
Steve Carlton
So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.
Steve Carlton
I trained myself to perform on the field.
Steve Carlton
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
Steve Carlton