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

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.

When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.

I've pitched in a lot of big games.

I was throwing a lot harder than I ever have at the end of last year. I got to ninety-five (mph) a couple of times in the World Series and I'm more of an eighty-eight or eighty-nine guy who relies on location and movement.

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.

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.