Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

A lot of these dips that you go through in the season, it's about persisting through the process and trusting it.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

You can only control so much.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

When you dream as a little kid, you dream about storybook endings and storybook players and scenarios like that.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

There's no WAR for being a good teammate, so apparently that means older guys can't get paid.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

The most rewarding thing to me is going deep into games, knowing you stood up, and did your job.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

I think if we just stay focused on what we focus on, which is ourselves, playing good ballgames, trying to win every day, don't take wins with us, don't take losses with us, if we just stay with that approach the results are going to be what they're going to be.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

If I'm not going to make the pitch, then so be it. I'm not going to try to manipulate the ball or muscle the ball over the plate where I want it to go.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

I tremendously value wins.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

Every good team is going to have a good culture in the clubhouse.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

I think there's a quiet aggression that you need to have, that presence that you have on the mound, the poise, you know.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

A lot of my friends at home call me 'Chef G.'

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

I've got to keep my pitch count down. If you want to go deep into ballgames, you have to stay under that 100 mark.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

David Price comes and finds me out in the lobby and says, 'Dude, I really enjoy watching you pitch.' I'm just like, 'What's wrong with you? Watch your own games, bro. I just throw fastballs inside. You're painting all over the place, striking the world out.'

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

We definitely like to celebrate the wins, that's for sure.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole

You have to win the easy ones.