Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.

My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.

I haven't always thrown hard, but eventually my (velocity) caught up with my mechanics.

I want to get back to my foundation. And my foundation was my mechanics and the way I repeat them in such a dynamic way.

I've always looked at myself and criticized myself first, and that's the way I'm always going to be.

You don't come up expecting to be a fan favorite. When I was a rookie, I was just trying to make a name for myself, but people already knew who I was and already had expectations for me.

I threw a lot more curveballs in college and the minor leagues. Up here, they're looking for that pitch. A curveball is more recognizable out of the hand than a fastball or changeup. They're taking them or hitting the mistakes I make with them. I don't want it to be so recognizable. I'll have to work with that because that was my pitch.