Pitching is pitching. I've been doing this since I was eight-years-old, playing in my backyard with my dad. The things that work in Double-A will also work in the majors.

I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues.

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

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.