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" 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. "

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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. "

Drew Pomeranz

Early

Pressure

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

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

" All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am. "

Drew Pomeranz

Help

I Am

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

" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "

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

" Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do. "

" My whole career's been kind of crazy, so you can't really surprise me. "

Drew Pomeranz

You

Surprise

" 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. "

Drew Pomeranz

Chance

Win

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

Drew Pomeranz

Stay

Little

" I threw a lot of fastballs in college. "

" Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time. "

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

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

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

" I've got four pitches now. I don't have to use them all the time, but I've got them in my pocket now for when it's necessary. "

" I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust. "

" 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. "

Drew Pomeranz

Bad

Always

" 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. "

" 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. "

Drew Pomeranz

End Of The Day

I Can

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

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

" I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure. "

Drew Pomeranz

Sure

Lightning

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

Drew Pomeranz

Way

Thought

" 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. "

" Every outing is a learning experience. "

" 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. "