Athlete

I know I didn't deserve this, but God has given me this baseball ability. So I've got to do whatever I can to honor him.

I know I didn't deserve this, but God has given me this baseball ability. So I've got to do whatever I can to honor him.

I was given a gift to throw a baseball. I didn't do anything to deserve that.

When you're out there in the heat of the moment and you're pitching, and it's a big situation, you're saying 'Don't throw a ball, don't give up a hit, don't walk this guy.' But the harder you want to control something the more it gets out of your control.

A line drive to the warning track on one pitch, I'll take that over a strikeout any day.

If you're playing baseball, why are you playing baseball? Is it to have success on the field and be a Hall-of-Famer or whatever it is? Sure, that's everyone's goal. But then what? For me, it's about the legacy you leave off the field.

It's always great to do something to impact kids in sports.

I don't know if money is something to really celebrate.

I love L.A. I love being out here.

It's just Lord be with me... Winning and losing isn't the most important thing. He's not worried about the outcome of the game. He's worried about how I reflect Him and how I'm pitching... I think every time you pitch and every time you go on the mound you have to understand that it's for Him.

Whatever God has given us, we are just the vessel for it.

Sandy Koufax is a great teacher. He just talks about competitiveness and being aggressive - about stride length, power, how to spin the breaking ball. The way he explains pitching is simple, which is something you don't see a lot.

I hate watching myself on video. I don't ever do it. I'm just too hard on myself, and I always go away feeling like, Wow, I've got a ton to work on.

Just try to live in moment as much as you can each pitch, not worry about what happened after the past has happened.

I don't really watch video of myself. Yeah, I don't really - I never really have.

I don't know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.

You can make a lot of cases that you can take the win stat out of the game and you can still figure out who the good pitchers are, and I agree with that to some extent. But there's something about your win-loss record, there's something about having wins by your name that means something. Regardless of how important that is.

Things change. Routines change. Things have to change. But change doesn't mean less. It just means different.

Watching guys win the World Series looks like a lot of fun. I'd kind of like to do that.

Everyone talks about how hard it is to have a kid, and that scares you into waiting.