Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.