I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.

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.

I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.

We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.