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That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to make it. You need an education, that's why for me, it was such an important decision to go to college and further my education to provide me a safety net in case this didn't work out.
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If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.
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There's really no secret to this; that everybody's - they are going to have a game plan against me and I'm going to have a game plan against them. It just comes down to execution.
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I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.
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Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.
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For me, I'm always willing to help young guys, because veterans have helped me out.
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You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the same.
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A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the postseason, sometimes how you might have to pitch on two days' rest out of the pen, only throw one inning and then you have to go face the best hitters. That's what you do in the All-Star Game.
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In previous experiences of being in the All-Star Games, you know, seeing the hometown players and how the fans get behind the hometown players, it's always been a special moment just watching that from afar and being on the other side.
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When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.
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When Jim Leyland calls - and I have so much respect for Jim Leyland - when he asked me to play, you don't say no.
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When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.
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Sometimes in this game, you get punched in the face. And you've got to be able to take it and learn from it.
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You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.
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That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.
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That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.
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I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.
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Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.
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I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it in three or four. It's the homework and the process between starts that I really focus on to help me do that.
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I understand why there is a push for an automated strike zone. However, I do think there would be some unintended consequences of having it that I think need to be addressed first before we would go down that road.
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You can't get too caught up in trying to pitch a complete game, because that's hard to do.
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I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when I want to have a pitch where I want to strike you out.
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Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters.
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Perfectionist is sometimes the wrong word... It means like you're never satisfied, or you're upset by every single failure - any type of failure. And so for me, I don't look at failure as necessarily a bad thing as long as I'm able to learn from it and take something from it, so that next time I'm in that situation I know how to succeed.
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The advanced stats are great to look at for my long-term goals and what I'm trying to accomplish. It shows me there is an inherent failure in pitching. The luck involved, the factors you can't control. You just have to let go of those and focus on the next batter, the next game.
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For me, I really enjoy helping out the Youth Baseball Academy. That's something that any time you're helping out the game of baseball with at risk children, that puts a smile on my face.
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I've said it, I'll keep saying it, I want to be in Detroit. I've really enjoyed my time here. I really enjoy the clubhouse and everyone that's involved.
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Having a pitch clock, if you have ball-strike implications, that's messing with the fabric of the game. There's no clock in baseball, and there's no clock in baseball for a reason.
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I'm not worried about good numbers or bad numbers. You worry about the process.
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Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done in those situations.
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I don't know what my record's going to be. I can't dictate it. I mean, obviously I have to pitch well, but it also takes the guys at the plate to show up as well.
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If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.
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When I was 18, graduating high school, I was going to the University of Missouri.
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I know when I get to 0-2, 1-2, when I'm ahead in the count, that I hold a distinct advantage over every single hitter. I have so many options because I don't have to work within the strike zone anymore.
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Any type of discomfort is going to alter the way I throw the ball. If I alter the way I throw the ball, I run the risk of major injury to my arm.
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