I didn’t have to pitch out of jams. For the most part, I kept runners off base and out of scoring position.

I probably haven’t faced a lineup like them, but for me, I’m not scared of anybody. They’re baseball players just like I am. They put their unis on the same way I do. It’s about...

I think getting out of there, … and having an opportunity to pitch every day in a decent pitching environment, it helps. I’m not going to lie.

When I’m able to throw my breaking ball for strikes, I’m going to be successful,

You have an inning in a game when you battle with, whether it’s your control or getting the ball down or whatever. They made me pay for it, but I wouldn’t take back anything I...

Today I could locate all my off speed pitches for strikes, I wanted to keep the White Sox off balance, … I know they are a good hitting fastball team.

I’ve always been relaxed,

For [Torre] to have the confidence in me to get out of [critical spots], that’s big.

Giving up a two-run homer in the first inning is not what you have in mind. But you don’t give up, you don’t think too much about it. You just concentrate on keeping the game...

In Colorado, we knew how to play hard,

It’s just unbelievable for me. I still can’t really explain it, … It’s kind of a crazy road you take to get where I am.

I’m just trying to eliminate putting guys on base. That is the biggest concern for me. I always want to go out and pitch well. You don’t want to get in those kind of jams...

I don’t know, but I’d guess he’d be pleased with what we did tonight. It says something about this team that we can not listen to all the stuff the media and fans are going...

I tried to go back in there with my two-seamer, and it seemed like he was waiting for it, … He made me pay for it.

Everybody around me was a Yankee fan, … We grew up watching them win year after year.

I’ve said it since I’ve been here. If you keep this lineup close, good things will happen.

I know I’ll pitch sometime during the season. I’ll just leave it at that. I’ll be ready to go whenever that is. I had a pretty solid spring and I don’t know how much it...

I didn’t get the pitch where I wanted to. It wasn’t that bad of a pitch, but he’s a great hitter.

I see opportunity here. I want to stay here.

I would’ve like to have finished, but it was a lot of pitches.

There’s a lot riding on it no matter what I’m doing. I can be anywhere in the league and there’s a lot riding on the next start. That’s how I take it.

As a whole group, I think that’s how the team felt. ‘Well, what’s going to happen today?’ As opposed to coming over here, it’s like, ‘There’s no doubt we’re going to win today.’

As an outsider you’re kind of like, ‘Everybody has those problems, why are they making the Yankees a big deal?’

I just got the feeling – and I’m not trying to speak for the Team USA players – that some of these other teams are a lot more into it. They really, really feel like...

Most of it just comes down to being aggressive.

It’s funny to say, but it’s easier to focus on a team like this.

I knew coming in it was either going to be one of those days where I struggled, and I was going to have to sit out there and eat up innings or I was going...

At the time, … the way the other guy is pitching, you’re like, ‘It’s going to be one of those games where it’s who cracks first.’

I wouldn’t get into it with that dude. He’s huge.

It wasn ‘ t that bad of a pitch, but he ‘ s a great hitter, … That ‘ s not what you want to do to a hitter like that.

I’m getting an opportunity to show that I can pitch and pitch in big games, … That’s all you can ask as an athlete, a chance to do big things.

He’s talked to me about having that personality that’s got to match your stuff, … He said, ‘If you’ve got electric stuff, you’ve got to have an electric personality. Hitters don’t have to fear you,...

It just happened where I’m the guy that has to get skipped. I’ll be ready to pitch Saturday.

I just look at it as, ‘Wow, what an opportunity,’

I don’t know how I got through losing and being in last place every year. Obviously, simply because I’ve never been in this situation. I’m just very, very thankful.

I’m trying to eliminate the get-yourself-into-trouble part. That’s not fun, but it happens. I’ve been compensating so far.

I’m happy. Being in a race and helping the team, I don’t think I could have written a better script.

They told me when I came over here that we were trying to piece it together until we could get over the injuries, … Between Small, myself, even Proctor making that one start, we’ve done...

I threw strikes and was able to go late in the game. And the defense was outstanding.

After the second run scored, I still had Vladimir Guerrero coming to bat with a guy on base, so all of that was out of my head, … The guys came to me and said,...

Obviously, I’m excited now that I know I’m going to start. I wouldn’t say relieved, but that’s where I know I want to be. But I also know it’s game-by-game here. I know what the...

There’s no doubt in my mind this team has a chance to do something good, … To be a part of it is a blessing.

I’ve been getting ahead of hitters, throwing all my pitches for strikes and really just staying aggressive, letting the defense play. That’s something they’ve been doing is playing outstanding defense.

Especially his personality and the way he can relate to you, not necessarily in a serious way, but kind of joking around, it was a tremendous help. For me, as a catcher, he’s the best...

It wasn’t that bad. I’d much rather pitch in these conditions than be a hitter. At least as a pitcher you’re constantly moving.

I don’t want to waste an opportunity to play on this team and be good on this team. Nobody knows when they’ll get an opportunity to play for the New York Yankees. . . ....

At the back of the rotation, they’re not looking for guys to go out and throw shutouts, they just want us to keep them in the game, … I understand that, especially coming from Colorado,...

Hearing that makes you feel good, no doubt,

I feel great. I just need to get a little stronger.

I’m proud, but not too proud because we did lose. Throwing seven strong innings, I’m always going to be proud of that. But the bottom line’s winning, and we didn’t get it done tonight.