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"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."
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"When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team."
Sports
"I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen."
Change
"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."
Pitching
"I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame."
Opportunity
"I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings."
Fact
"Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears."
Performance
"I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game."
Attitude
"My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important."
Career
"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do."
Career
"When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start."
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"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."
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