When it’s your elbow, you don’t want to hurt anything further. If it’s bruised, you don’t want to take any chances.

I’m just trying to take care of what I need to take care of and stay away from everything else. Today sure doesn’t help things out. You want to pitch well when you’re competing for...

Pitchers don’t get hit that often, especially above the chest,

It hit me right on the back of the elbow. The ball was hit to first base and I moved that way. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the bat. It...

To be down there for over three months, watching the games and following everything going on, your driving force is to get back and help the team get to the postseason, … Doing this tonight,...

I’m a big team guy, … Whatever’s best for the team, I’m on board with that. The goal is to win.

I think there’s definitely something to having guys around who have been there before, who can tell you how to change your game to keep up and maintain excellence over a period of time. I...

The first inning was scary. I felt a little out of synch early.

Today was the best day so far. I thought everything went pretty well.

wasn’t comfortable watching him.

I might have been thinking about that now if my back didn’t give out for a little bit. Right now, all of my focus is on getting back into a game.

Pitchers don’t get hit, really, that often, especially above the chest. A broken bat is a situation where I have to cover first base, and that took me right into the path of the bat....

It hit me in the back of the elbow, … I threw some pitches, but it just didn’t feel right, so we’ll see tomorrow.

Hopefully, it feels better tomorrow,

A bat, two balls — I don’t know. When it keeps happening, it’s definitely frustrating.

I’m not trying to hit anybody first time out.

He came down to Tampa, and we started playing catch, and he had the heaviest ball that I’ve ever played catch with, as far as sinkers, … If you could teach everyone what you need...

You see the ball first; you don’t really look for the bat. You see that the ball went to that side, so you know you have to get over there.

It feels good. If it goes well (Thursday), I don’t see any reason I won’t be ready.

It was definitely frustrating for me last year. I could’ve drew up different scenarios for my first year in New York, but it’s just what happens.

It’s the game, … Stuff happens. I don’t look at it like, ‘Why me?’ or anything like that.

I was trying too hard at the beginning, … I wanted to keep it close because I knew we could come back.

The ball was hit to first base, so I took a step toward there, … and then out of the corner of my eye, I saw the bat and it was kind of like the...

Playing catch for the first day, I didn’t really feel it at all. I think I’m headed in the right direction.

I’m not sure, … If you got something that’s bruised or tight it affects you a lot more.

He just takes care of you, … You’re down there every day. If you’re tight, he loosens you up. He keeps your throwing program. He holds everything together. He’s like the chief down there.

That’s the manager’s choice. Whatever he thinks is going to work out best, that’s fine with me.

I tend to look on the bright side. It could be worse. It was definitely frustrating for me last year. I could have drawn up different scenarios for my first year in New York.

I look at it as how you perform, … You’ve still got a job to do, and the last couple of outings have been bad.

a big lift for us.

The ball was hit to first base so I took a step over there. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the bat. I just kind of moved and got hit right on...

You do what you can, being the fifth guy.

I’m still working to feel totally comfortable with it. But it’s definitely better than what I was throwing before.

Coming off what happened, it was a start I wanted to get under my belt, … And in the first inning, I was just trying too hard. These are big games.

That’s the manager’s choice, whatever he wants to do. I would love to start, but we’ll just have to see what happens.

It’s just the way it happened. You just do what you can being the fifth guy.

It?s tough, but you have to look to next year because there?s nothing else right now, it?s over right now. Coming in after signing over here, guys putting faith and trust in you, you work...

[That was evident in how sharp he was in his first start since April 23. He threw only 79 pitches, allowing just four hits and two runs. Most importantly for all parties, he pronounced himself...

Every guy relishes this, especially in this room, where Derek Jeter has four World Series [rings]. A lot of us are trying to catch up.

You’re going to think about it. Once you’re out there, you’ve got to play the game. Everything is in the past after that.

Three times now, what can you do? It got me square in the chest. It’s sore and tight. It feels like the other ones, I guess.

It’s just happening so fast, and you’re just kind of riding it, … It’s not something you think about, because you don’t really know any different. You just think that’s the way it’s supposed to...

I think we expected it to be a little tighter today than it was last night. That’s usually what happens, stuff tightens up overnight. But that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.