Athlete

You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.

I'm probably throwing down close to 10,000 calories. And then I don't eat for three or four days.

I've got some good movement on my sinking fastball, and I rely on that.

I've always been in good shape. I just sucked early in my career from a statistical perspective.

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

Sports psychology or mental training has been viewed as a weakness, and I think that's a pretty silly way to look at it.

I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's going to get bigger. He's going to get stronger. He's going to get even better.

I had great teammates. Adam Jones took great care of me. Mike Gonzalez took good care of me.

I'm never trying to hurt or hit anybody.

My flexibility is probably my No. 1 asset. Obviously we need to have a strong shoulder, strong scapula, strong lats, and a durable elbow to have longevity as a pitcher, but being mobile in the hips and flexible in the hamstrings takes so much pressure and stress off of my arm.

That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.

As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.

I'm not really into the statements kind of thing.

Pilates has been around a long time but maybe was taboo in this sport. I think it's only a matter of time before you see a reformer in every big league clubhouse.

I've never had anything to hide.

I want to shoot an elk with a bow. Mind you, I've never hunted in my life. But I feel like if I'm ever going to hunt, it's going to be with a bow. I just feel like a bow requires more skill.

A lot of guys are starting to get away from trying to jerk these heavy weights and throw all these heavy weights around.

I'm extremely hairy. It pretty much connects from the top of my head to my toes with a nice upper body sweater/track jacket type of thing.

I watch what I eat, and I train properly.

I don't think I've ever been as humbled as I have been in Pilates. It's incredible how much body control and how much isolated strength you have to have to complete these movements successfully.