You can't control the talents He gives you, no doubt about that. But you can control the effort you put forth with those talents.
Things change. Routines change. Things have to change. But change doesn't mean less. It just means different.
I don't know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.
All the individual stuff is great, but I just want to win a World Series.
Baseball is going to end some day. I realize that as soon as you retire you know, people forget about you in this game fast! There's the next young guy coming up that's always better than you. So, for me, it's just about using baseball as a platform to do a lot of things.
I watch all the pitchers I admire. I love watching Cliff Lee. It looks easy for him when he's on the mound; he's almost like an artist. He knows exactly how to get guys out.
There's a responsibility to the coaches, to the organization, to the front office, to the owners, to everybody who believes in you enough to give you what you've gotten, to the fans that show up every day and pay to watch you play - all those things combined. It's not fair to take a day off.