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" 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. "

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" A change of scenery can help everything. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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