I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

People judge too much by results. I'm just the opposite. I care about more than results. I'd rather make a good pitch and give up a bloop single than make a bad pitch and get an out.

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

The time and situation is always right to express and experience the beauty of kindness.

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

Dream like a child with complete faith and no limits. This is the only way the greatness within you can be awakened.

Your mind can destroy your life! Mind your mind

I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music man. It's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.

The older I get, the more beauty I see in the word renunciation.

There's no such thing as an unimportant day.

My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.