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You never know when you're going to throw a no-hitter or if you're ever going to get the chance to do it. It's one of those deals where the ninth inning comes around; it's either going to be your night or just a complete game.

You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life, generally.

The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.

It ain't over till it's over.

Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

I heard Tony Bennett say that when you're a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it's very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.

Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.