More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.

In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do.

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

I was a very weird amalgam of things as a kid.

More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.