When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This is work. The fun is afterwards, when you shake hands.

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down

I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.