Gerrit Cole

“Verlander is a guy every right-handed power pitcher looks up to since the beginning of time.”

“I think there's a quiet aggression that you need to have, that presence that you have on the mound, the poise, you know.”

“You have to win the easy ones.”

“I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.”

“When you're spinning a two-seam, getting on the side of the ball to get more run or sink can be good, but it can really be detrimental to your four-seam.”

“I've got to keep my pitch count down. If you want to go deep into ballgames, you have to stay under that 100 mark.”

“Regardless if your career is short or long, I personally would rather win more often than not.”

“When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'”

“In an industry where you don't always get to see your family as much as you would like, getting to hug your mom after the game is nice.”

“It would be irresponsible for me to comment on somebody else's opinions.”

“What I've been able to do is pretty cool, but there is a lot of room for improvement.”

“It wouldn't be any fun if you didn't fail sometimes.”

“For me, it's more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.”

“I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing, because from all the compliments I've received so far, it sounds like I'm on the right track.”

“Every good team is going to have a good culture in the clubhouse.”

“I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.”

“There is nothing better than having your home crowd cheer you on and scream with you in big moments and get the crowd in the pulse of the game.”

“There's a lot of different aspects of the game that I've fine-tuned.”

“I was hurt in 2016, and it made me look at longevity and sustainability. The stuff that I was doing wasn't working for me long term. So, I had to make a change.”

“I just like to leave it out there and feel like I put in a good day's work.”