There's a part of me that wants to go streak and run outside and jump around and go swim in the ocean and do everything. The other part of me wants to bear down and repeat this kind of performance next year and in the years to come.

We're all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads. The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.

It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.

I just write mechanical things.

I can count my friends on one hand.

I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.