That's who we are. If our starters ever had a problem, they all know we're all ready. We'll all take the ball. Whether we feel good or not. . . . We want to pitch, we want to pick each other up. It's kind of like a little platoon down there.

I'm not afraid to change uniforms, ... But I'm a loyalty guy first. These are my teammates, and this is where I'd like to stay.

The atmosphere was a little less [than last year]. We came into our Opening Day on kind of a losing streak. Everybody likes a winner.

We were better than the Marlins last year. We were supposed to battle them to the end, but we had no wind left in our sails because of our schedule. Twenty-two extra road games beats you down.

He's serious. That's the way we all are.

That's baseball. The team that doesn't make mistakes wins the game.

I finished the season with a fat body. I gained some of the weight partially because I couldn't work out and do different things after breaking [the radius in his right arm in April].

We should have an owner, period. There's 10 people waiting in line to spend an absolute disgusting amount of money and to sit around and waver, there's no excuse.

The more it's looking like I've got some tendonitis. The more I am throwing the better I am feeling.