Luis Tiant - Quotes

Quotes

• He's always given me tips on how to do things, how to make things easier. Every day you can learn from a pitcher like him. - former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez.
• If a man put a gun to my head and said I'm going to pull the trigger if you lose this game, I'd want Luis Tiant to pitch that game. - former Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson.
• When I was a boy growing up in Cuba, Luis Tiant was a national hero. Now I'm thirty-six and he's thirty-seven - Tony Pérez.
• You can talk about anybody else on that team (1975 Red Sox) you want to, but when the chips are on the line, Luis Tiant is the greatest competitor I've ever seen." - Jim Palmer Orioles Hall of Famer
• "I've never heard anything like that ("Loo-Eee, Loo-Eee, Loo-Eee" chanting in Fenway Park) in my life. But I'll tell you one thing: Tiant deserved every bit of it" - Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski (Red Sox retired number 8)
• "The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around." - Luis Tiant
• "Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players out of Cuba. It doesn't care about the suffering, just money. The Orioles shouldn't have gone to Cuba. This is a free county, but that's the way I feel." - Luis Tiant
• "If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound." - Luis Tiant
• "Sometimes things go wrong, even when you're doing your best. That just shows that none of us are perfect. So I keep trying with all of my heart, and if that's not good enough, I'm not going to hang my head." - Luis Tiant