Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Sometimes you have to look at a start and say, 'Nothing is wrong.' Even when you get lit up, you still have to say 'Nothing is wrong.'

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Pitching is both an art and a science.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Perfectionist is sometimes the wrong word... It means like you're never satisfied, or you're upset by every single failure - any type of failure. And so for me, I don't look at failure as necessarily a bad thing as long as I'm able to learn from it and take something from it, so that next time I'm in that situation I know how to succeed.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when I want to have a pitch where I want to strike you out.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I'm not worried about good numbers or bad numbers. You worry about the process.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

For me, I really enjoy helping out the Youth Baseball Academy. That's something that any time you're helping out the game of baseball with at risk children, that puts a smile on my face.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

The advanced stats are great to look at for my long-term goals and what I'm trying to accomplish. It shows me there is an inherent failure in pitching. The luck involved, the factors you can't control. You just have to let go of those and focus on the next batter, the next game.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I know when I get to 0-2, 1-2, when I'm ahead in the count, that I hold a distinct advantage over every single hitter. I have so many options because I don't have to work within the strike zone anymore.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

You can't get too caught up in trying to pitch a complete game, because that's hard to do.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I understand why there is a push for an automated strike zone. However, I do think there would be some unintended consequences of having it that I think need to be addressed first before we would go down that road.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it in three or four. It's the homework and the process between starts that I really focus on to help me do that.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.

Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer

That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.