Steve Carlton Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
December 22, 1944

Steven Norman Carlton, nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

Steve Carlton
- Field
- Perform
- Trained
And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.

Steve Carlton
- Access
- Irony
- Quotes

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
- Feel
- Speed
- Finger
My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Steve Carlton
- League
- Stadium
- Debut
Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

Steve Carlton
You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.

Steve Carlton
- Life
- Way
- Progress
So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

Steve Carlton
- Essence
- Field
- I Am
That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Steve Carlton
- Past
- Agree
- Retrospect

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

Steve Carlton
- Read
- Paper
- Slammed
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
- Yourself
- Judgment
- Shape