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“It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.”
“As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.”
“Just having two kids now, regardless of what happens in the field, they're there to receive you with open arms every night after every game.”
“On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.”
“I consider myself a really good racquetball player. I'm sure that I would get waxed by some actually good racquetball players, but I consider myself a pretty versatile athlete.”
“I watch what I eat, and I train properly.”
“I eat plants. I eat lean meat. I work out.”
“You want to be the team that is on the field when the last out is made on the winning side. That's obviously the holy grail in the game that I play, and that's what every player strives for.”
“There's not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.”
“I'm probably throwing down close to 10,000 calories. And then I don't eat for three or four days.”
“I repeat my delivery consistently. My balance is much improved. And the mental and physical toughness Pilates requires to complete movements the correct way have directly helped me on the mound.”
“There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.”
“I feel, that I'm only going to get better.”
“There are still things I can do better.”
“The initial desire to train at an elite level started when I was probably 12.”
“You feel everybody has your best interests in mind, but you come to find out that's not necessarily the case.”
“Immersing myself in the Wrigleyville area was special to me and my family.”
“With a runner at second base with nobody out, you're trying to punch somebody out. You understand when there are guys in scoring position; hitters like to be aggressive early.”
“If people call into question my work ethic, that's fine, because I know what I'm doing behind the scenes.”
“I don't think I've ever been as humbled as I have been in Pilates. It's incredible how much body control and how much isolated strength you have to have to complete these movements successfully.”