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

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

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

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.

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 also think that I had great mechanics.