I've kind of found out that when I do get into trouble, that when I do have people on base, sometimes the best thing is to throw a little bit more off-speed, back off a little bit.

It's just amazing the providence God had in my life. God was there the whole time, I just didn't bother to look.

Baseball is going to end some day. I realize that as soon as you retire you know, people forget about you in this game fast! There's the next young guy coming up that's always better than you. So, for me, it's just about using baseball as a platform to do a lot of things.

All I really try to do is whatever hitter gets in there, I just try to get him out in as few pitches as possible.

The way I look at it, 29 teams fail every year and one team succeeds.

There's a responsibility to the coaches, to the organization, to the front office, to the owners, to everybody who believes in you enough to give you what you've gotten, to the fans that show up every day and pay to watch you play - all those things combined. It's not fair to take a day off.

What a blessing it is to throw a baseball for a living!

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

Things change. Routines change. Things have to change. But change doesn't mean less. It just means different.

Whatever God has given us, we are just the vessel for it.

I take a little pride in my diaper-changing, actually.

Baseball is so performance-based. It's what have you done for me lately. I can get a lot of pressure and you can feel that, but if your life is given to God and your into Jesus there's really no pressure because at the end of the day your life is in His control and you surrender to that.

My goal is to win just for the teammates and the guys in our room.

Baseball could end tomorrow but you're just understanding that God is in control of it and we are not.

You are not supposed to convert anybody, that's God's job. But at the same time, you can be His disciple and live for Him and when people ask you why are you living for Him, you can show them why and profess your faith.

If you're playing baseball, why are you playing baseball? Is it to have success on the field and be a Hall-of-Famer or whatever it is? Sure, that's everyone's goal. But then what? For me, it's about the legacy you leave off the field.

Sandy Koufax is a great teacher. He just talks about competitiveness and being aggressive - about stride length, power, how to spin the breaking ball. The way he explains pitching is simple, which is something you don't see a lot.

I don't know if money is something to really celebrate.

You can't control the talents He gives you, no doubt about that. But you can control the effort you put forth with those talents.

I don't know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.

If I can make a kid smile playing baseball, that's pretty awesome.

I like surprises.

If you want to be at the highest level, then you have to really work hard every day.

I felt like I could play with anybody, but some people felt differently.