The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

People judge too much by results. I'm just the opposite. I care about more than results. I'd rather make a good pitch and give up a bloop single than make a bad pitch and get an out.

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

Neighbours watching neighbours, twisting ropes to bind us all.

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't makeit through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'llmake a door. Something terrific will come no matter how darkthe present.

Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum.

Really unreal world, will you perhaps do the breathing for me while I am away?

In all change, well looked into, the germinal good out-veils the apparent ill.

Writing and reading is to me synonymous with existing.

The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.

Good design successfully manages the tensions between user needs, technology feasibility, and business viability.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.