A biography for Max Friedhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm always eager to learn and eager to get better.”
“At the end of the day, it's all about getting outs.”
“I've always gotten nervous before any kind of major sporting event, or a test, or anything that's considered an event. It just means I really care about it. It's a good barometer for me.”
“I wasn't sure I was ever going to get the opportunity to play in the big leagues. So when I got it, I didn't know if it was going to be my last time ever taking the mound, which had been my dream since I was a little kid.”
“You've got to have a very cliched, one start or one day at time mentality.”
“I'm not going to complain about striking out a couple more guys.”
“I'm a guy who likes to work quick.”
“I need to work on everything about my craft to become the best player that I can be.”
“That's who I am; I'm a ground-ball guy.”
“Any time you have a couple weeks off from game action, you're not sure how you're going to be.”
“You see guys go through stretches where they are seeing the ball well and hitting it hard for a series or a week.”
“Any time that you go out there and you don't perform the way that you want, and you don't win, you want to go back out there and redeem yourself.”
“When I take the ball, I just want to make sure we have a really good chance to win that day.”
“I love hitting.”
“I think any time that you miss time during the season and you have to watch your teammates from home, it's a tough, tough pill to swallow.”
“Being able to mix speeds, pitches, breaks, different things like that will just allow me to have a little bit more options.”
“I just want to go out there and do whatever I can to help the team.”
“The curveball was something that came natural to me.”
“I love nothing more than going out there and competing. And baseball's my outlet to do that.”
“Whether you've got one year in the big leagues or you've got 15, I feel like you're always learning something, trying to make adjustments.”