Athlete

My changeup needs to be better. Until I feel comfortable throwing that pitch - or any pitch - in any count, I've got stuff to work on.

I think first and foremost when you look at every other religion all over the world - its works based - you have to earn your way to the Kingdom. With Jesus, it's so different because we didn't do anything to deserve Him. He literally died for us and saved us! There's nothing else like that in the world. There is no other God like that!

You are not supposed to convert anybody, that's God's job. But at the same time, you can be His disciple and live for Him and when people ask you why are you living for Him, you can show them why and profess your faith.

I've kind of found out that when I do get into trouble, that when I do have people on base, sometimes the best thing is to throw a little bit more off-speed, back off a little bit.

I take a little pride in my diaper-changing, actually.

When the butterflies in my stomach, when those leave, then I know it's probably time to retire.

Regardless on winning the Cy Young, I have one goal that never changes, and that's to win every start.

Yeah, my faith is very important to me.

I grew up a Dodger and got drafted by the Dodgers.

I learned the slider out of desperation.

When you win the Cy Young, it's like, well, you're a baseball player, that's what you're supposed to do. When you win the Clemente Award, you don't do it to get recognized for your work, but it means so much more than baseball.

Bases loaded and nobody out is a pretty impossible situation.

Ultimately, baseball is just a game. It's not so much how you play, but how you represent him why you're playing.

Baseball is going to end some day. I realize that as soon as you retire you know, people forget about you in this game fast! There's the next young guy coming up that's always better than you. So, for me, it's just about using baseball as a platform to do a lot of things.

There's a lot of times that you got to put yourself out there to fail, you can't be afraid to fail.

I don't turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

Jesus is the only true way to Heaven.

I'm a big Taylor Swift fan. I really like her song 'Mean.'

Baseball is just a game, obviously, but it means a lot to a lot of different people.

The goal is always a complete game.