If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I was going to be a shoo-in for the Cy Young, I would have been absolutely ecstatic and amazed.

All I know is that if I continue to pitch well, good things will keep happening.

If you expect greatness, greatness shouldn't surprise you.

I am an emotional pitcher, but I can control it. When I was in high school, I was a little immature and I let my emotions get the best of me.

I'm a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A changeup which sinks down and away from lefties and I can also throw for strikes.

The only thing I can control is how well I pitch.

I'm hoping to learn something new every day. It sounds corny, but I really do come in here every day, listening and talking with the veteran guys and seeing what I can absorb.

I want to show that I can pitch well and get along with the guys in the locker room.'

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.

To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.

I use high velocity to keep hitters off balance.

Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud.

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

A lot of people do not think of forests as a health issue, but we have found out that is where our clean water comes from, from the forests.

I love yoga in general. It's so important for me to incorporate it into my routine, it's important for my sanity!

The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.

But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.