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" The last thing I ever want to do is not be here with my team. "

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" Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on. "

" It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win. "

" You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write. "

" I'm here to win. I'm here to play, and who I hang out with is my choice. "

" Nobody knows the hard work that goes in the morning before I do anything. "

" That's obviously not easy. I don't want to leave the Mets; I don't want to not play in New York. It's not at all that I want to leave, but that's the business. "

" This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the weight programs, you have the technology, and as a pitcher, you need to keep up. "

" I just have to be better. There's not much else to say. "

" I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners. "

" I will never apologize for having a life. "

" When you work so much in between starts, you realize how long the season is. It's exciting to look at and be a part of, obviously. It's almost like a challenge, to see how, from start to start, things may feel a little differently. "

" I don't need to show anybody anything other than getting the guy out who is trying to make his money off of me. "

" I think there's a lot of learning process in figuring out what things you want to do and shouldn't do. Maturing in that way is something that comes with experience and time. "

" My whole thing is that guys are working out and getting legs stronger and getting the upper body stronger, and the ligaments just aren't quite able to keep up. "

" I think a lot of women would be impressed by my shoe collection. "

" I'm not going to give up enjoying my life and doing the things that I'm interested in doing. "

" I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down. "

" When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason and able to do that, as a pitcher you have to keep up. "

" I'm very close with my friends. If someone was to ever come along and be the right person, they would have to get along with my friends. "

" You've got to stay positive and go out and work as hard as you can to fix things, and there are going to be adjustments throughout your career, and hopefully it's a long one, so figuring out how to stay out there and get people out is part of baseball. "

" I have a 48-hour rule. No drinking two days before a start. But those other days? Yes, I'm gonna go out. If I was locked up in my house all week, I don't know what I'd be like on the baseball field. "

" A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me. "

" Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff. "

" For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing. "

" As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly. "

" I did some things, including the Body Issue. I'm not going to say I regret doing that, but I think now if you asked me to do it, I would probably say no. "

" From the things I've read, I think I've been portrayed in kind of a way that makes me look like I don't put an effort into winning. I think that's completely the wrong portrayal of the person I am. "

" I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around? "

" I would like to have two or three kids. "