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Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.

I've got four pitches now. I don't have to use them all the time, but I've got them in my pocket now for when it's necessary.

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

I wanted to make a lot of good pitches.

It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of it and that's normally my go-to (pitch).

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.

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.