I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.

Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly.

Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

I was raised in a very blue-collar family.

If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, you're considered a failure.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

I've kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite.

Rest is obviously a key in the offseason.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.

Once I tried to kill myself with a bungee cord. I kept almost dying.

PROPAGANDA (PROP-A-GANDER)An evil grin behind a smiling clown's maskKamil Ali

Each person has a literature inside them.

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

No golfer ever gets so consistently good that he can't use some constructive advice. No matter how many trophies he may win, he can't analyze and remedy his own faults.

Love can be used to drain people. Through eye contact people send a cord out to drain you long distance. Through sexual manipulation, anyone who can make you like them can drain you.

When you fall in a river, you're no longer a fisherman; you're a swimmer.

As we prepare our homes to be places where the Spirit is welcome, we will be prepared to feel more 'at home' when we enter the House of the Lord.

So long as I know what's boiling in my pot I don't bother my head about what's in other people's.

My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.