Clayton Kershaw Quotes

I was given a gift to throw a baseball. I didn’t do anything to deserve that.

I’m a big Taylor Swift fan. I really like her song ‘Mean.’

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God‘s gonna untangle that from you. He’s going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

I don’t think I’m going to ever be the guy that gives soundbite after soundbite. If somebody has a question, I’ll answer it. But if they don’t, I don’t have anything to say, really.

My goal is to win just for the teammates and the guys in our room.

I firmly believe that you are supposed to love everybody. That is God’s one boldest commandment.

People make a big deal about celebrations and what’s appropriate and what’s not. But just talking with some veteran guys, I think anytime you get a chance to celebrate with your team, regardless if it’s winning the division or winning a series, whatever it is, you take advantage of that.

Just try to live in moment as much as you can each pitch, not worry about what happened after the past has happened.

I think more than anything, just putting in perspective what this baseball thing means and understanding that it is a gift and I didn’t do anything to deserve that and realizing that if we continue to look to God to guide our path, you never know what could happen.

I don’t really watch video of myself. Yeah, I don’t really – I never really have.

God gave me an ability to throw a baseball. He chose me for a reason, and I want to honor Him with that.

Hitting‘s the hardest thing to do in sports.

If I can make a kid smile playing baseball, that’s pretty awesome.

Baseball is so performance-based. It’s what have you done for me lately. I can get a lot of pressure and you can feel that, but if your life is given to God and your into Jesus there’s really no pressure because at the end of the day your life is in His control and you surrender to that.

Yeah, strikeouts just kind of happen. It’s not something I’m trying to do, I’m just trying to get outs as fast as possible.

You can’t compare regular season to postseason.

There’s a lot of variables you can’t control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

You play baseball. You play a lot of games. You win a lot of stuff. You win a World Series. But if that’s all you’ve done, what have you got to show for it?

Baseball is just a game, obviously, but it means a lot to a lot of different people.

Who knows how many times I’m going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.

The way I look at it, 29 teams fail every year and one team succeeds.

It’s an uncomfortable thing to talk about myself, in general.

I grew up a Dodger and got drafted by the Dodgers.

On a day I start, I have a turkey sandwich for lunch. I don’t consider it a ritual, but I’m anxious on those days.

I’ve always kind of had a deal with my wife where, in the off-season, I’m kind of clean-shaven, and during the season just kind of let it go.

At the end of the day that’s why I play the game, to glorify Him in everything I do and to compete for Him.

As a pitcher, you’re supposed to succeed, and you’re not supposed to give up a hit.

Getting to say you’re going to the World Series is a pretty special thing.

Bases loaded and nobody out is a pretty impossible situation.

I started really believing and understanding what it meant to be a follower of Jesus when I was probably in high school sometime. From there, just trying to draw on my faith since then.

Yeah, my faith is very important to me.

Saying you’re a Christian shouldn’t turn people off. You should love people well and that’s Jesus’ first commandment!

It’s always great to do something to impact kids in sports.

I watch all the pitchers I admire. I love watching Cliff Lee. It looks easy for him when he’s on the mound; he’s almost like an artist. He knows exactly how to get guys out.

I take a little pride in my diaper-changing, actually.

You can’t have your bullpen throwing three or four innings every night. Just not fair to them.

The Steph Currys, the Jordan Spieths, those guys are exciting to watch.

All I really try to do is whatever hitter gets in there, I just try to get him out in as few pitches as possible.

I get paid a bunch of money to do this, and so there’s a responsibility to my teammates, every single day, to show up and be the absolute best you can be.

What a blessing it is to throw a baseball for a living!

It’s amazing to see where baseball can take you.

The playoffs is ‑ I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just thought that always happened, I guess.

Baseball could end tomorrow but you’re just understanding that God is in control of it and we are not.

All the individual stuff is great, but I just want to win a World Series.

You are not supposed to convert anybody, that’s God’s job. But at the same time, you can be His disciple and live for Him and when people ask you why are you living for Him, you can show them why and profess your faith.

No matter how long you play this game, you struggle and your confidence will go here and there at times.

Anytime a pitcher hasn’t faced a hitter, I feel the pitcher has the advantage. The more times the hitter sees somebody, the more the advantage goes to the hitter.

We don’t own anything that we have. It is all a gift from God and we are just trying to be good stewards of what He gives us.

Everyone talks about how hard it is to have a kid, and that scares you into waiting.

If you’re playing baseball, why are you playing baseball? Is it to have success on the field and be a Hall-of-Famer or whatever it is? Sure, that’s everyone‘s goal. But then what? For me, it’s about the legacy you leave off the field.

Jesus is the only true way to Heaven.

Things change. Routines change. Things have to change. But change doesn’t mean less. It just means different.

You can’t control the talents He gives you, no doubt about that. But you can control the effort you put forth with those talents.

When you win the Cy Young, it’s like, well, you’re a baseball player, that’s what you’re supposed to do. When you win the Clemente Award, you don’t do it to get recognized for your work, but it means so much more than baseball.

I’m a big sports fan even outside of baseball. I love watching guys that are supposed to be great, and are great, live up to the expectations. So I really appreciate consistency.

When you’re out there in the heat of the moment and you’re pitching, and it’s a big situation, you’re saying ‘Don’t throw a ball, don’t give up a hit, don’t walk this guy.’ But the harder you want to control something the more it gets out of your control.

I’ve kind of found out that when I do get into trouble, that when I do have people on base, sometimes the best thing is to throw a little bit more off-speed, back off a little bit.

A line drive to the warning track on one pitch, I’ll take that over a strikeout any day.

Any time first time out, you just want to make sure you can get hitters out again.

Your career goes fast, just a blink of an eye and you’re an ex-baseball player, longer than you are a baseball player. I try not to think about it too much, but it seems like it does go fast.

I don’t care how you get the outs. It doesn’t matter to me how bad it looks, how good it looks, how many strikeouts you have. None of that stuff matters as long as you get the outs.

My changeup needs to be better. Until I feel comfortable throwing that pitch – or any pitch – in any count, I’ve got stuff to work on.

Ultimately, baseball is just a game. It’s not so much how you play, but how you represent him why you’re playing.

I don’t turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

I hate watching myself on video. I don’t ever do it. I’m just too hard on myself, and I always go away feeling like, Wow, I’ve got a ton to work on.

I don’t know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.