I look at scouting reports, but don't let them dictate what I'm throwing.

My dad always told me to play hard and know that the people you're competing with and against are working just as hard or harder. So don't let them out-work you.

Ever since I was a little kid, the last thing I wanted to do was lose. I hated losing. I still hate it. I guess you can see that when I'm out there.

I love pitching in front of big crowds and in huge stadiums.

Hitters are too big, too strong, and their bats are too quick. I have to go inside to have success.

I'm a tough guy, and I like pitching in tough games.

I really can't complain about anything. I'm living a childhood dream and I have a perfect family. There's really nothing that I'm disappointed with.

I know winning 20 is a special kind of thing, but I'd rather get into the playoffs, and be strong for the playoffs.

One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.

I've matured a lot as a pitcher. I understand what my strengths are. I've learned that I've got a great sinker, I get a lot of ground balls, and it's easy to get a ground-ball double play.

Because I have so much life on my pitches, I can get away with getting too much of the plate every now and then.

You're like a tornado of bullshit right now. We'll talk again when your bullshit dies out over someone else's house.

I always look towards the light of my desires, so I never forget where I'm going.

A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists.

If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.

Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.

The exchange of sympathy for gratitude is the most princely thing!

Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary.

You're having government spending on the economy being cut almost everywhere. That means that the only source of spending for growth has to come from borrowing from the banking system.

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.

The less of the World, the freer you live.