I've pitched in a lot of big games.

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

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.

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

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

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