Marichal Quotes

You had to pitch in and out... Then, the zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. If you are trying to hurt somebody, that's different. - Juan Marichal

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running. - Juan Marichal

We were Latins and we were black. - Juan Marichal

We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to. - Juan Marichal

We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding. - Juan Marichal

Times are changing. I can't conceive what Juan Marichal and all those guys went through before. Today you have so many Latin players, so many Latino superstars, they take care of the kids when they come up to the big leagues. It's different now. It's totally different. - Mariano Rivera

Those days were very tough... All my teammates are white and it was a different time. At times when we traveled, I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels or live in a different neighborhood. - Juan Marichal

There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough. - Juan Marichal

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger. - Juan Marichal

That man helped us so much. We stopped in some places to eat and that man used to go from the back door through the kitchen with us to make sure we had something to eat... I don't think without that help from Buddy Kerr we could have made it. We would never have come back. - Juan Marichal