I Had A Million-dollar Arm, But I

It's Hard To Mix With A Crowd When You're Walking Down The Hallway And Everybody Else Is A Foot Shorter. I Remember Hanging Out With My Friends, Like At The Mall, And Thinking People Were Staring At Me And Talking About Me. It Made Me Turn Inside Myself. I Became More Shy And Quiet.

I've Refined My Mechanics, Refined My Pitches. I've Gotten More Confidence, And I've Gotten More Determination. I've Got A Better Idea What I'm Doing Out There.

When You Can Throw 97 Miles An Hour And Put The Ball Over The Plate Anytime You Want, It's Fun.

I Had A Long Conversation With Steve Carlton. He Told Me That On The Days He Pitched, He Felt It Was His Responsibility To Make Everyone Around Him Better, To Lift His Teammates. Thats What I Try To Do.

When I Was Younger And Inexperienced, I Was A Very Animated Pitcher. I Pitched With A Lot Of Adrenaline. I Was My Own Worst Enemy When Things Weren't Gong Well.