When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I’m the same guy I’ve always been.

I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing...

Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can’t wait to experience that.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we’re both left-handed. I think it’s great that he seeks out that advice because he’s not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it’s Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it’s something that’s a little more...

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I’d been raised by a family that always told me I...

I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.

It’s not like I’m some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look...

I can count my friends on one hand.

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

I just write mechanical things.