Jake Arrieta Quotes
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At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.
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'ACE' is one of the acronyms I've used over the years. It stands for 'Acting cures everything.' You weren't promised to come to the ballpark and feel great on your start day. Basically, how can you put something on display to the opponent that gives the appearance of 'OK, this guy is locked in today,' whether you are or not?
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A lot of guys came together quickly as a group, as more than just teammates, as friends. Your family get to know each other, and you become really close, and that's a big part of the team aspect is caring about your teammates off the field, getting to know their kids, their families, their wives.
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I've never had anything to hide.
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It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.
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I enjoyed my time in Baltimore. I really did. I learned so much.
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There's so many things running through your mind. If you can formulate a game plan that works for you and allows you to block outside distractions and get to what matters, that's how the talent is able to come out.
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When I do train heavy, it's typically one to two days a week, but the training I do just about on a daily basis is Pilates-based.
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Really being able to harness my mental approach has kind of taken me to the next level, and obviously maturing as a player and a teammate and as a person. Those are things that are necessary to achieve success in this game. There's no other way around it.
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People asking my teammates, 'Is Arrieta a guy who'd try to cheat the system?' Honestly, hearing that kind of stuff come from some of the best players in baseball is honestly a compliment. I view it that way.
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I had great teammates. Adam Jones took great care of me. Mike Gonzalez took good care of me.
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My flexibility is probably my No. 1 asset. Obviously we need to have a strong shoulder, strong scapula, strong lats, and a durable elbow to have longevity as a pitcher, but being mobile in the hips and flexible in the hamstrings takes so much pressure and stress off of my arm.
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What I did before in my career you can pretty much throw out the window. Out of sight, out of mind.
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On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.
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Early in my career, I wasn't good in the strike zone early. I was good in the strike zone late, which is not a good thing.
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You want to be the team that is on the field when the last out is made on the winning side. That's obviously the holy grail in the game that I play, and that's what every player strives for.
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I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.
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The contract stuff will work itself out. If we keep winning, those kinds of things all work themselves out in time.
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I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
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Just having two kids now, regardless of what happens in the field, they're there to receive you with open arms every night after every game.
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How many people can do what I do, anyways? A handful of guys?
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I've made it clear I like Chicago.
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It's just a continuous process, trying to work through it, trying find that comfort zone and go from there. That's kind of where I'm at. I feel pretty good about where I'm at.
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People have confidence in you. It's easy to have confidence in somebody that's going out there every night and giving the team a chance to win.