Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.

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.

Well, I sort of don’t trust anybody who doesn’t like Led Zeppelin.

The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that they did not choose them.

Candor is a compliment it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

I'm afraid there's a big confusion in the world between nuclear power and nuclear arms.

Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Fear will keep you alive; indifference won't.

You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work.

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.

Breath and brevity are sisters; the long-winded is an enemy who muffles your heartbeat.