I don't doubt for a second i could do it. I don't doubt either that I could be good at it. I just think it's a much different mental challenge to make than it was physical. |
I don't expect anything. I have no control over whether Manny comes through the door or not, and how I feel about it is not going to change anything. |
I don't give two (expletive) when Manny shows up. He'll be ready to play. I don't care. He'll be ready. One thing Manny does is put in his time and effort into getting ready. On (Opening Day) April 3, he'll be here and ready to hit. |
I don't go out there with the mindset that he did this, now I'm going to better him. This game's too hard. |
I don't have an explanation for it. I just know the first three innings, I was pitching. We had a game plan and I was moving the ball, making my pitches. Then all of a sudden, I could feel it. When I threw a couple pitches in the fourth inning, I knew I had something extra on them. |
I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to? |
I don't think any of my questions will really get answered until the season starts. I want to believe that physically I am where I was -- or better. |
I don't think it's any one thing. It happened at the same time last year. |
I feel good and ready to go. If they're ready for me to get back, I'm ready to get back there. I hope to see action, maybe we'll be ahead by a large enough score that I won't be needed, but that's the hope. |
I feel good, I feel healthy. I feel like I am better than I have ever been from a performance standpoint. |
I feel great today, ... I'm not sore, my ankle feels great. I haven't felt like this since last April, before I hurt my ankle. I don't have any limitations from a preparation standpoint or a work standpoint. |
I feel like I'm ready already. If my next start was Opening Day, I'd be very comfortable with where I'm at. |
I felt as strong when I came out of the game as I did when I went in. |
I felt as strong when I came out of the game as I did when I went in. To go out against a kid that's throwing the ball as well as Brandon threw the ball today, there's no margin of error. |
I felt fine ... I felt strong. There's a fluid to a game, a tempo and I didn't allow myself to get into that. |