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

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.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four 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.

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.

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