I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

Sometimes, with two strikes and two outs, I step off the mound. People are yelling, they're yelling really loud. I step off because I want to feel it. You've got all that adrenaline going, you've got that rush. People think I'm thinking about something, but I'm just trying to listen to everyone and feed off it.

I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.

I have good days and bad days, but they aren't much different.

You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You have to put the hitters on defense.

I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.