The only thing I can control is how well I pitch.

I want to show that I can pitch well and get along with the guys in the locker room.'

When an artist wants to paint a painting, they have all those things in their head that they want to portray on a canvas. It's the same thing when I'm pitching. I have all these thoughts going through my head about how I want to pitch: which pitch I want to throw here, and why do I want to throw it?

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.

I'm hoping to learn something new every day. It sounds corny, but I really do come in here every day, listening and talking with the veteran guys and seeing what I can absorb.

I use high velocity to keep hitters off balance.

To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.