Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What do I do now? I guess I'll have to get a second job.

The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.