Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.
You never stay the same - as a pitcher, as an athlete. It doesn't matter what you do, you never stay the same.
I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.
When you look at starting pitchers, once they make it through year four, then - knock on wood - you see a lot of injury risk go down.
Your pitches have to be sharp every time out.
If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.
Sometimes you have to throw 120 pitches to figure yourself out.
I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it in three or four. It's the homework and the process between starts that I really focus on to help me do that.
Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.
I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.
I relish pitching underneath pressure.
Pitching is both an art and a science.
I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.
There's more to pitching than just striking guys out, but also it is a big reason why you can have success.
Sometimes in this game, you get punched in the face. And you've got to be able to take it and learn from it.
I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game.
My slider's been very, very good to me.
Perfectionist is sometimes the wrong word... It means like you're never satisfied, or you're upset by every single failure - any type of failure. And so for me, I don't look at failure as necessarily a bad thing as long as I'm able to learn from it and take something from it, so that next time I'm in that situation I know how to succeed.
