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" I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting. "

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" My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs. "

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

" I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me. "

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

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

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

" After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it. "

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

" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click. "

" 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. "

" I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about. "

" I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it. "

" I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small. "