You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an instrument or songwriting, takes years to get good at. So for me, I'm excited to start over, and yeah, I have a few talents I can build off of. But I see this as a long process; it's a marathon.

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

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'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.

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.

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.