If I have to win one game, I’d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.

That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

I learned early in my life that sometimes I'm going to lose. I don't like it, but I accept it, meaning that I understand it's going to happen. But I don't see it like defeat; I see it like a learning process. Then if there's nothing to learn, I move on.

I get over bad games right away. Sometimes I've let it go even before I've left the mound. That quick. Why? Because it's over. What can you do about it? Nothing. The only thing you can do is fight if you're still in the game. After that you can do nothing.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.