I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my career.

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.

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.

You have the chief spark of your health's fire, for you have true knowledge of the hand that guides the universe.

Everything is worse...if you think something is looking at you.

Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.

Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide for the common defense and insure domestic tranquility.

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

We are very definitely in a new phase in the global terrorist threat where the so-called lone wolf could strike at any moment.

To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that’s a shame. It was a bit of a shock at first to see the demise of the record stores.

Endless sorrow has fallen upon my heart.

More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.

t's not that I'm particularly shy but I just don't like the idea of publicising myself as a 'celebrity'.