The way I pitch is the way I pitch. I'm not going to change my overall philosophy. I'll just go out and pitch.

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

If the fans think I'm a savior, that's fine. But they have to understand I'm one of 25 guys. I can't do it all.

I don't think I've shied away from anybody. I'm not scared. I respect hitters, but I'm not afraid.

I'm not a guy who is out trying to promote myself. It's really not me.

I'm not going to change. I'm not going to start clubbing or going out in limos. I'm laid-back, and I'm going to stay that way.

I feel like the harder the work, the better off I'll be later in the season. If I don't work out, it's not so much my letting me down as it is letting everybody else down.

I'm 27 and guys are pitching into their 40s now. For unfortunate reasons, I haven't been healthy since 2005. But I feel that I have a lot of great years ahead of me.

The Umayyad caliphate stretched from Spain to India, making it the largest empire in the world

They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers—just to upset the critics.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

Don’t start. I saw Marcie climb inside your Jeep.” “She needed a ride.” I adopted a hands-on-hips pose. “What kind of ride?” “Not that kind of ride,” he said slowly.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

I think comedy Ive learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

The two men stared at each other. Assumptions were made, judgments rendered, dicks measured.

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.