There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.

God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

Happy the eyes that can close

The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.

Safe, sane and consensual what do those words really mean? Assimilation, that's what.

I put things on shuffle a lot, which is probably why I don't have a very good idea of genre.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

Being honest is what counts. To make the ordinary extraordinary is so much better than starting with the extraordinary.

I think there are times when I believe God welcomes the circus into our lives to give us an opportunity to show that there’s another way to live and respond to things.

There can be nothing more baffling in a human relationship than silence, the dark loom of doubts and questions unexpressed.