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

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

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.

Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

It's shitty I guess. They're my friends. But... everything I want to talk about I can't say to them. It feels so separate, like I've touched something that's taken the color out of me.

A cat is basically a great egomaniac who keeps the human company as long as it pleases itself.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture.

I am sorry," Will said. "No," Jem said... "Don't be ordinary like that. Don't say you're sorry.

They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!

Down to my last dime and coming apart at the seams. I'm messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams.

Our thoughts, our feelings, our dreams, our ideas, are physical in the universe.