Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

There are no days off in our division. Even a team like Tampa Bay can beat you up.

I make too much money to play a game I love to ever feel sorry for myself.

I've definitely always wanted to be the guy they tell, 'Here's the ball. Go do it.'

I just don't see me going through that rehab and coming back to pitch at this point in my life.

Pitching is pitching. I've been doing this since I was eight-years-old, playing in my backyard with my dad. The things that work in Double-A will also work in the majors.

I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues.

I'm confident in myself, either way. I've pitched big games all my life.

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

Freedom is found within.

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

Treat other animals as friends and they become friends. Treat other animals as family and they become family. Give other animals your love and they will love you in return.

great men burn bridges before they come to them

That man has no shadow.

Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state.

I love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

Psychologically speaking, it's very important to be in good shape. I work in a sport that requires you to react quickly and be in excellent shape. Besides, things don't get easier as you get older.

What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.