“My wife and kids have no desire for me to retire right now. They don't want me to be at the house. I thought they would."

"I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game."

"I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned."

“It kills me when I make a bad pitch…I want to be perfect out there."

”As my father taught me so well—enjoy your children, love them, spend quality time with them and instill the right values in them. If you can do that, you will be a world champion, too."

"I've pitched in a lot of big games."

"I like looking at video and seeing how I pitched against a team in the past. I like seeing how I pitch in good games, not bad games. I don't want to put any negative thoughts in my mind."

"I feel like Roger [Clemens] has been a big brother to me. He's always looked out for me."

"I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing."

“Whether it’s playing a board game or baseball, no matter what I do I want to win at it and be the best. It’s always been like that—even in Little League, it would kill me to have a bad game.”

“When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.”

"If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard."

“I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day.”

"I'm not a negative-minded person. But maybe to keep me humble, I look more at my bad games in big situations than good ones."

"Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it."

“Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch.”

"I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium."

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