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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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