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Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.

I try to do my best every game to help the pitchers and help my team win. That's it.

I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.

Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.

When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal.

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.