I try to listen to people, coaches and other pitchers, and see what they do and how they try to do it. Then I try to find a way that's comfortable for me.

I just keep my game plan the same and try to just go out there and be efficient and attack the strike zone.

I wouldn't take anything away from Tampa Bay. We're in one of the toughest divisions there is.

This is a dream for me, it really is, to be the leader of a staff going into the season.

I'm a whole new pitcher. I'm more comfortable with all of my pitches.

It's worth everything to be in the World Series.

Time never stops for the great ones.

Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.

Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in.

When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love To long for, pureness to desire, a mount Of consecration it were good to scale.

Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.

I bet you like sitting at red lights.

If you're not booked, you're not any good!

I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still