I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are.

You can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well.

My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.

I leave my heart on the court every night. I earn my keep.

The pitch count situatio-it doesn't matter if you throw 120 or 80, whatever. It's the quality of pitches that you throw.

I'll always have a kid in me.