Quotes Database

«It's one of those things where a couple of more times on the mound will help, ... Saturday didn't go very well. (Sunday) I went out and made some major adjustments and I'm closer to where I want to be.»

«I'm definitely closer than I was two months ago, ... I'd like to think I'm important to this team. I need to be here to accomplish our main goal.»

«I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of the previous outings this [season], ... It's been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball [Monday]. I'm not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.»

«I'm probably not going to come back and be the guy I want to be right now, ... There might be some mistakes made from now until then. The whole goal is to maintain where we're at in the division and allow us to do some things like we did today. It allows Curt [Schilling] to go out there and get his work in. It allows me to go out there and get my work in.»

«I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of previous outings, ... It's been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball today. I'm not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.»

«It's a hell of a lot closer than what I have been for most of the year,»

«I'm not where I want to be, but I'm better. It felt pretty good. We got some guys out today. Hopefully we can do the same for the next month and a half. I'm sure (the Red Sox) are as encouraged today as I was.»

«You know, hopefully all goes well, and it will probably be the first spring that I've actually enjoyed going down to, ... We have a lot of work to do this winter. You know, after really struggling the entire year, I'm really excited about getting back and pitching the way I know how to pitch. Hopefully, [I can] get back to a dominating style of pitcher.»

«Now we just have to let the bone heal itself and quit irritating it on a daily basis, ... Before I got off the mound, it felt great. The bones constantly rubbing on each other, it didn't give it time to heal.»

«Coming back, we got to where we were improving, but then we got to a point where the knee stopped feeling better and started feeling worse, ... Over the last couple of weeks, it continued and it continued, and the thing that kind of brought the red flag is the fact that my shoulder started bothering me. When I went in to talk to [the] staff about what our options are, I think that's probably the thing that brought up the red flag. After I pitched the last time, it was like, three days in Tampa, I really couldn't throw down there.»