I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important

Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it

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

I also think that I had great mechanics.

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

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.