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

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.

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

I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.

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

It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.