Matt Harvey

“I'm very close with my friends. If someone was to ever come along and be the right person, they would have to get along with my friends.”

“I'm here to win. I'm here to play, and who I hang out with is my choice.”

“I have a 48-hour rule. No drinking two days before a start. But those other days? Yes, I'm gonna go out. If I was locked up in my house all week, I don't know what I'd be like on the baseball field.”

“I will never apologize for having a life.”

“I can understand how people who don't really follow baseball can look at 'dead arm' and think the absolute worst. Basically, a dead arm is when your arm kind of feels a little heavy, kind of feels weak, and basically, it's just muscular fatigue.”

“I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.”

“My whole thing is that guys are working out and getting legs stronger and getting the upper body stronger, and the ligaments just aren't quite able to keep up.”

“When you work so much in between starts, you realize how long the season is. It's exciting to look at and be a part of, obviously. It's almost like a challenge, to see how, from start to start, things may feel a little differently.”

“I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down.”

“For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing.”

“Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff.”

“The only thing I can do is move forward and try to put myself in the best position to help this team win, and whatever decisions they make, I will just have to deal with it.”

“The last thing I ever want to do is not be here with my team.”

“As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly.”

“You've got to stay positive and go out and work as hard as you can to fix things, and there are going to be adjustments throughout your career, and hopefully it's a long one, so figuring out how to stay out there and get people out is part of baseball.”

“I would like to have two or three kids.”

“I did some things, including the Body Issue. I'm not going to say I regret doing that, but I think now if you asked me to do it, I would probably say no.”