Gorilla, you used the right word. Somebody said something about a monkey on our backs. No. It was a gorilla.

In the minors, my problems came early. I feel like the more I get going the better I am. I felt like I got stronger and stronger as the year went by.

I played with him in the minors, and you always knew he was going to make it. We'd be hanging out, and he was doing extra work in the cage. That's who he is.

I'm getting more confidence in my off-speed pitch with every outing. Hitters are swinging at it, and that's a good sign. I want them to swing because that means it looks like a strike. I hate when they aren't swinging at it. The means it either doesn't look like a good pitch, or I'm not throwing it for strikes.

I'm glad I stayed and watched. This was big, even bigger than the game in Florida.

It's not a good feeling, at all. It's like trying to steer a car one way and it won't go.

It's tough with the sun. You can't blame that on anybody. I knew I just had to keep making pitches, keep trying to get outs, and just keep the team in the game as much as possible and let the guys come back, just like they did.

It?s fun to watch and fun to pitch when (the offense) is scoring runs like that.

It was a tough sun; you can't blame that on anybody.

It was a tough sun. You couldn't blame anybody for that.