I think the experience of growing up without a lot of things always gave him the fire to play hard. He didn’t have anything else, any distractions, so he played sports, and that’s what he...

The last time we got in a fight (with the Padres during spring training in 2002), we won the series. I’d be OK if that happens again.

Brendan Donnelly, in spring training this year, told me my goal was to at least get to play in the playoffs when we got there. That means a lot of things probably fell into place....

Plus, we can use him more than just once every five days.

We’re not using that at all.

They’ve got a lot of guys over there who can swing the bats, and it’s definitely a challenge every time you face them. But I was able to command pretty much all four of my...

I’m happy here. It’s tough to beat Southern California.

Any time you’re facing a playoff-calibre team, it’s always nice to show well, … You never know when you might meet them next.

If there wasn’t, there is now.

You have a first inning like that, you know it won’t get the job done when you’re facing a staff like that, and I mean their whole rotation, … Because of me, Garland was able...

I felt like I was still strong, but you can’t argue with going to our bullpen. When you hold that lineup down the way we did tonight, you’ve got to find a way to win.

We definitely needed to get one here. It’s a tough place to play back there, although we’re definitely not intimidated.

The contract has nothing to do with it anymore. It’s time to pitch.

I just left a few pitches up. The first one was a fastball I didn’t quite get in enough. The second one I was behind in the count and I just wanted to throw a...

It’s another quality arm that we’re getting in here. You never can have too much pitching.