"I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston."

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"I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston."

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"I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings."

Fact

"They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic."

Life

"Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it."

Want

"I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still."

Control

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

Family

"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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"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."

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"I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game."

Attitude

"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."

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