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

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.

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.

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

I would have stayed a hundred times and I would have left one time only - still, I left.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.

The world is more alive at night; it's like God isn't looking.

If you are facing a difficult task don’t put it off. If you do it will just keep tormenting you.

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story.

At school I was an anti-magnet for women.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

It's the things that we know FOR SURE, that just ain't so, that get us into trouble.