War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.

People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.

One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the baseball pictures from every issue and I had this huge montage of thousands of pictures.

I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place.

I am human, when people write bad stuff about me it bothers me, but I know that will never end.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.