My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.

I love the fans and I appreciate how much they care for me.

He makes it look easy. You wish there was another league he could get called up to.

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.