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

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.

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.

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

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.