I felt pretty good. That's what I've been talking about all along. |
I felt the camera incident was a bad start. I wanted to make a good first impression. From that point on I was kinda walking on eggshells (with the media). I made myself accessible but I didn't feel as if I had a whole lot of breathing room after I made a major mistake. |
I gave up a lot of singles, and it seemed like they always had guys on base. This was a good pitchers' duel tonight with Santana. |
I got a little tight. So, I just stepped out and let someone else pitch. Everything is fine. |
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. That's what I try to do. |
I had a million-dollar arm, but I wasn't thinking enough about how to be a pitcher. |
I have been fortunate to be a part of this three times, ... But you could see a lot of new kids in here that haven't experienced this. |
I haven't talked to anybody, |
I just don't know exactly what's going on at this point, ... It'd be one thing if my velocity wasn't there. But it's more location at this point, evidently. |
I just said hi to him today. He officially retired? |
I just tried to limit the damage. |
I just wanted to stay calm and trust my ability and trust my stuff and I did that all day, ... I never deviated from what I wanted to do. |
I just was focused. I was not going to get all worked up about stuff. |
I know that. The games I'm here to win are the postseason games. |
I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it. |