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" Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. "

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" You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes. "

" I am human, when people write bad stuff about me it bothers me, but I know that will never end. "

" Just hear Senator McCain speak. He may not give you the answer you are looking for, he may not be in agreement with you on a stance or an issue, but the man is honest to a fault. "

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" In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do. "

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" I've been called a lot of things. But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. "

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" I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool. "

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" I tell people all the time that without the fans, I've got nothing. "

" I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.' "

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" I'm a Republican. I'm a former Red Sox. I have a nasty habit of talking - a lot - about anything anyone asks me and totally unconcerned about giving you my opinion. You will never question where I stand - right or wrong, agree or disagree - on anything. "

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" One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the baseball pictures from every issue and I had this huge montage of thousands of pictures. "

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