Don Sutton Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
April 2, 1945 – January, 18, 2021.

Donald Howard Sutton was an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher. He played for 23 total major league seasons as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels. He won a total of 324 games, 58 of them shutouts and five of them one-hitters, and he is seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574.

I'm the most loyal player money can buy.

Don Sutton
- Money
- Player
- Buy
If you want to be good at anything, sometimes you have to walk the edge.

Don Sutton
- Good
- Walk
- Edge

I think you form a bond of different personalities where even without saying a word you challenge each other to be good. You don't want to be the weak link in the chain.

Don Sutton
- Good
- Different
- Challenge
Let's face it. To win 300 games, you have to win 15 games a year for 20 years. Not many guys are going to want to pitch 20 years.

Don Sutton
- Games
- Guys
- Pitch
He's one guy who has given up more home runs than I did.

Don Sutton
- Up
- Home
- Guy
There are a lot of similarities to that situation. I remember sitting on the plane with Bob Boone, and he said, 'Sometimes when you let the air out of a balloon, it's hard to pump it up again.' That's how we felt.

Don Sutton
- Up
- Remember
- Air
Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

Don Sutton
- Luck
If you didn't keep a win-loss total, he'd still want to go out there. The guy wants the responsibility that comes with being as starting pitcher. 'This is my job.' I love that about Roger Clemens.

Don Sutton
- Job
- Guy
- Responsibility

These guys can sweep somebody with these three pitchers.

Don Sutton
- Guys
- Pitchers
- Sweeping
He's almost like another kid or nephew of mine.

Don Sutton
- Kid
- Nephew
I am the most loyal player money can buy.

Don Sutton
- Money
- Player
I think the pitching situation is a huge, huge difference. But I also think the youth of that team is an asset. We had a lot of guys with a lot of scars on them.

Don Sutton
- Team
- Difference
- Scars
Not true at all. Vaseline is manufactured right here in the United States.

Don Sutton
Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it.

Don Sutton
- Truth
- Find
- Criticism

I think it's going to be very difficult. Are guys talented enough? Oh, heck yes.

Don Sutton
It has nothing to do with age, ... I think it has to do with the makeup of the person.

Don Sutton
- Age
- Person
- Makeup
Most kids at that age had 4-H projects. My mother had me.

Don Sutton
- Kids
- Mother
- Age
People ask all the time, 'What's he done with his life?' ... He's enjoyed it.

Don Sutton
- People
- Life
- Time