Adam Wainwright Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
August 30, 1981

Adam Parrish Wainwright is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia. His performance in the minor leagues brought him notice as one of the Braves' top pitching prospects. The Braves traded him to the Cardinals after the 2003 season, receiving outfielder J. D. Drew in a deal which has since been considered lopsided in favor of the Cardinals. Wainwright made his MLB debut on September 11, 2005, against the New York Mets.

It's hard to be a No. 1 when you're not even No. 1 on your team.

Adam Wainwright
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For the most part my year went pretty good. I had a couple abysmal starts that really ruined my stats. You can't have those. I need to show them I can be consistent with my pitches.

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- Stats

Today, I really struggled staying back on the rubber and getting the ball down. But when I did, you know, I was able to do that in key situations and make key pitches, so I've just got to be more consistent with that.

Adam Wainwright
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- Rubber
If I'm not going to be a starter, I'd like to have a chance to get in there and play a lot. That's what I'm doing now, and I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm just having fun being in the big leagues, for one. It's a different world up here.

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I think the years of toiling around in the minors have really helped.

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Obviously a guy who plays as hard as he does and gets a streak going like that, I respect that streak. It's kind of a pitcher's duty if a guy has something going like that to give him a chance at it.

Adam Wainwright
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- Plays
- Streak
I thought there was a chance right from the beginning.

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- Right
I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No. 1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.

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- League
- Pitcher

I try to not to think about the pressure. I don't want any more pressure on me. I just want to pitch my best and then put the ball in their hands. That way I can make the team by pitching my best.

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