He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones.

You know how you just don't like guys on the other team sometimes? It's funny because growing up I loved Roger (Clemens), loved to watch Roger pitch. Then when I was first in the big leagues and he was for the other team, I hated him.

Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch.

When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.