It would be irresponsible for me to comment on somebody else's opinions.

Family is everything.

There's going to be ups and downs throughout the whole year. You can't get frustrated.

You've got to go out there and play your tail off every single day and at times during the year it can be tough to do that.

You continue to try to hammer out fastball command the best you can.

There's hard work to be done, which I'll do. I'll continue to do it.

Any opportunity to throw against the Cardinals is going to be a good one.

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.

You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the nine hole, if you can put together an at-bat or you can see some different pitches that helps give you an advantage competitively, it can make your lineup stronger.

It wouldn't be any fun if you didn't fail sometimes.

I don't think I'm going to dwell on one pitch. You've got to be able to shake that off in the middle of the game.

Trying to get better, always, is my goal.

We're out there pitching for wins, not for stat lines.

I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

You get into a situation where your back's up against the wall and you don't have any option but to go out swinging, so you might as well go for it.

Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.

It was a pleasure to play in Houston.

Base runners in postseason games are kind of tough to deal with at times.

The season is long. You go through aches and pains with your brothers. When it's on the line, you just want to give them - you know, you want to perform. You want to give them a shot to win the game.

If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts - or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you've established.

Health is key.

You get into a tough spot where you're not feeling good and you can't do what you're typically accustomed to doing, you just keep grinding.

Verlander is a guy every right-handed power pitcher looks up to since the beginning of time.