Quotes by Ron Guidry

“Joe spoke to me about it the last couple of years, if I would ever entertain it, ... and I spoke to my family about it and they were saying, `Maybe you should go give it a shot before you get too old. ”

“He kept saying, `If you cant throw the ball over the plate, Ron, you cant pitch here in the big leagues, ”

“You rely on a lot of computerized stats to tell you what guys are doing, what theyre not doing. We didnt have that, so its going to just be another step just to learn how to do all of that and put all of that together.”

“I spoke to my family about it, and they said Maybe you should give it a shot before you get too old, ... Id been thinking about it, and if youre going to do something, as far as I was concerned you should do it while youre still kind of young.”

“It was no secret when I had several chances to leave as a free agent, I never chose to go anywhere, ... I never envisioned there was any place better to play than in New York. I cant go back and play, but to go back in a capacity as a pitching coach and become part of the organization again, its a great honor and a great challenge. I think its going to be fun.”

“Im probably going to have to lean on a lot of people, ... Ive spoken to Joe, and he has a real good background with pitching. Im going to look to him for a lot of help. ... I have some ideas, but Ill talk to a lot of people to make sure my ideas are sound.”

“The biggest thing he would tell you is you have to throw the ball over the plate, ... If you cant throw the ball over the plate, you cant pitch in the big leagues.”

“Im probably going to lean on a lot of people a great deal,”

“Having to pitch your whole career in New York and be successful, that has to amount to something, ... I cant go back and play, but to go back in a capacity as a pitching coach and become part of the organization again, its a great honor and a great challenge. I think its going to be fun.”

“Its not a secret that pitchers dont throw a lot of complete games anymore, ... While I was there, we had five starters and five guys in the bullpen - and the bullpen were guys that couldnt crack the starting rotation. ... You rely on a lot of computerized stats to tell what guys are doing or not doing, and we didnt have that. Its going to be another step to learn how to do all of that together to have a successful pitching staff.”