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

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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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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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