People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.