Yaphet Kotto's Quotes

I like doing business in a black city.

I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.

I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out.

I just think this whole thing about not wearing anything twice, I just don't understand it. I think things should be worn. You should bond with your clothing. It should be yours.

Sometimes people come out of school right now and they immediately want a job doing something. And there's nothing wrong with just listening and learning and watching.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.

I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.