I'm confident in myself, either way. I've pitched big games all my life.

What you do during the offseason is, first, build a base. That takes about three weeks, and then you try to get as strong as you can before you go to spring training. Once you get there, you taper down and it's just a maintenance program for the next six or seven months.

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

There are no days off in our division. Even a team like Tampa Bay can beat you up.

I just don't see me going through that rehab and coming back to pitch at this point in my life.

Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

I want to be that good. I want to be Barry Bonds. I want when I pitch to be 'Win Day.' I want my teammates to relax on the days I pitch because they know they only have to get us a couple of runs. I'm totally prepared for that.