I'm not going to be a guy who does dances after he strikes somebody out. I'm not like that. I just want to secure a win. That's my job.

I never lost confidence in myself, no matter what the years were like or the results.

I'd like to get back and win the World Series and have that be the last image in my mind for the postseason.

When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career.

It doesn't make a whole of sense to me to waste pitches.

I want to be a guy who can be relied upon.

You win and lose as a team.

The game of baseball between pitcher and hitter sets up like a game of chess in that you have to anticipate several moves ahead to set up your opponent.

If they know you're a nibbler, they're going to wait and look for that. Hitters have to be more aggressive if you're more aggressive.

When you're a pitcher for the Houston Astros and a stranger notices you in a mall in Colorado, you know things have really changed.

Whenever you don't have a good game, whether you're a starter, reliever, whatever, you definitely want to get out there again as soon as you can.

... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his grasp again.

You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams.

It's a scary word, 'cancer.'

See the Face of God in everyone.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

I talked to Beyonce and she wants to learn how to speak Arabic and she wants to jump out of an airplane. I don't want to do that. I just don't want to wash my hair every day.

Most, it would seem to me, do not care for nature and would sell their share.

I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer.

If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?

There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.