I wanted to be on the mound at the end of the game. I had a lot of respect for guys who did it and who did it for a long time and I wanted to be out there and get my chance to show them I could do that.

I want in and out. I don't even want to see me there. The quicker the better. I don't like that high stress, walk-the-tightrope stuff.

He didn't want to get me away from the way I throw because I had deception coming in, we didn't want to take away from that, we just wanted to kind of clean it up a bit and keep the deception there. The one thing he really helped me with is staying with what felt natural to me, what felt right to me.

They've had a chance for a while [to sign me]. I'm open right now. For me and my family and the people I work with, it's in my best interest to be open-minded and have open ears.

Usually bullpen guys are cut from the same mould. They're laid back, they don't take things too freaking personal, so it's a good group. I knew it was a good group coming in and it was a group I wanted to be a part of.

I just go in there. I like to trust my (catchers) back there, I'm not a guy that stands out there and shakes them off.

When you score a lot of runs ? and we scored a lot of runs early in the year ? that makes up for a lot of things. It allowed everybody who was going out there to pitch to relax. Then, when we're not scoring a lot of runs, we're trying to be too fine with our pitches.

There's no better feeling than finishing and the catcher walking out to you at the end of the game and shaking your hand. That's it for me right there, cause you know you did your job, you came in made some pitches when you needed to make them.

I don't know. I guess I'm going to go out on that field and see. When you sign a deal like this, you want to hold up your end of it.