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"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

Pitching, Years

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"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."

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"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

Pitching, Years

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"But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball."

"I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there."

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

"I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game."

"I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame."

"When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start."

"They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic."

"Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears."

"I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings."

"But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate."

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