I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.