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 feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned.

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.

Hitters get paid a lot of money to hit. Let's face it, man, sometimes they just do.

You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.