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" 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. "

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" I think the big thing is keeping positive energy in the clubhouse. The amount of time we spend in there and spend together carries over into what you do on the field. "

" 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. "

" When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal. "

" 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? "

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

" I can understand how people who don't really follow baseball can look at 'dead arm' and think the absolute worst. Basically, a dead arm is when your arm kind of feels a little heavy, kind of feels weak, and basically, it's just muscular fatigue. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I will never apologize for having a life. "

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

" When people are getting on me for being at a Ranger game at 7 o'clock at night, they don't see what I've done between yoga, Pilates, workout, thrown, ran, done all my work by 5 o'clock, ate, and then I went to the game. Nobody is seeing that. Nobody is commenting on that. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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'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. "

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

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