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.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

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

I just write mechanical things.