I love what I do. I'm appreciative and I'm still competitive. I still love baseball, but it doesn't consume me. If I can't do it anymore, then I go home and do something else. It's not the end of the world. It's just the end of your career.

I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

I'm not a conventional guy. I've never been a conventional guy.

Every day's a blessing, so I'm just out there throwing my best.

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I'm taking it one game at a time.

I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.

I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it.