He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.

Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.

Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned.

It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there.

Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.

I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.

You must go on to remind yourself of God - who God is, and what God is, and what God has done, and what God has pledged Himself to do.

Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.

I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that’s indecision.

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them.