If they know you're a nibbler, they're going to wait and look for that. Hitters have to be more aggressive if you're more aggressive.

I never lost confidence in myself, no matter what the years were like or the results.

I don't have anything to prove at all. I've pitched in a lot of games. I've had far more good games than bad games in the postseason. I know that some people may not remember that, for whatever reason.

It doesn't make a whole of sense to me to waste pitches.

The game of baseball between pitcher and hitter sets up like a game of chess in that you have to anticipate several moves ahead to set up your opponent.

I'm not going to be a guy who does dances after he strikes somebody out. I'm not like that. I just want to secure a win. That's my job.

If they know you're a nibbler, they're going to wait and look for that. Hitters have to be more aggressive if you're more aggressive.