Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly.

Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

I was raised in a very blue-collar family.

If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, you're considered a failure.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

I've kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite.

Rest is obviously a key in the offseason.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.

Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.

The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.

When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.

I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics.

It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

La musique avant toute chose.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.

The most important lesson in managing our careers as we get older: Sometimes staying the game is as simple as not leaving the room.