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My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

I had some great pitchers while in St. Louis. At first, they only 'pitched' the ball fifty feet. They had an allowance of six bases on balls, which was neutralized to some extent by four strikes. Later on, the 'throw' became a free-for-all, overhand, or any style the pitcher chose.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

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.

I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the time. It was a pitch that I had to have. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't have been in the big leagues.

I love to pitch so much.

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

I don't want to pitch forever.

There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.