Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!

I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I'd like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it's pretty hard to go wrong.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.

I noticed you made a bee-line for their bookcases." It is the oldest and most incorrigible trait of the book-lover.

Just because Jimmy Swaggart believes in God doesn't mean that God does not exist.

Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change.

Los Angeles is many places in one place.

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.

Small to greater matters must give way.