"I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself."

"That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect."

"It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me."

"To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right."

"You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life."

"Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia."

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

"And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes."

"To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound."