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

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

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.

Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

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

It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.

Your pitching coach is almost like your spouse. He's someone to go to when you want to gripe and complain. The big thing for me with Mel (Stottlemyre) is that we've been through so much together. He's been through everything I've been through on the mound. He was a Yankee who won twenty games in New York and a Yankee who didn't win twenty games in New York. For me, he's been there and that's what makes a good pitching coach. He's a good man, too.