A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!

I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I'd like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it's pretty hard to go wrong.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.

My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.

Life is doubt, And faith without doubt is nothing but death.

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity.

The 'Being Human' people were really cool and let me improvise. They had such a good working atmosphere. It was a cool set-up and a really good environment to be in.

You think you got something big to say? Something momentous? Or is it what you had to memorize in order to escape the men with lightning in their eyes?

Keep cool and you command everybody.

I like to follow my own muse.

We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?

The spirits run riot in youth.

If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.