I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

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

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears

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

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do

I also think that I had great mechanics.