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

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

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.

It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there.

Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.

I try to sit down at night before they go to bed and read the Bible with them and do little devotionals and pray with them. I think if you instill it in them when they are young, they'll remember when they grow up. I raise them in church. When the doors are open, I want to be there. My kids love to go. So does my wife.

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.