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" As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off. "

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" No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy. "

" My goal is to go out there, make every start. "

" The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too. "

" I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to. "

" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "

" My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way. "

" Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer. "

" It's hard to tell yourself to get ready when it's like, 'I need to make this freaking team first.' "

" When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different. "

" I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now. "

" Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left. "

" A change of scenery can help everything. "

" Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win. "

" Ten minutes before starting a game in Akron, they said, 'Sit down, you're done.' Then I went to Arizona and sat there. There was no one to tell me what to do. I just had to wait. "

" It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it. "

" It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever. "

" In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated. "

" I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters. "

" At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day. "

" I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs. "

" I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation. "

" There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can't tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don't dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch. "

" I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher. "

" I don't think I put too much pressure on myself. "

" If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking. "

" The cutter has really helped me stay in the game longer and helped me get past the five, six innings a little more consistently. "

" You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it. "

" Just flush it if something bad happens. That's the way I was raised to play baseball. "

" I can pretty much take anything that comes at me. "