I just found that out [about the no-hitter] after I got to the dugout, ... I told 'em, 'Sometimes it starts with one hit. Now you keep it going.'

What was big was Kenny Lofton getting that triple to start it off. To a pitcher, that's big because he knows the tying run is 90 feet away. Then J.D. [Drew] and Jeff Kent walked and that set it up. I just threw the barrel at it and got lucky.

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

God, Ted, I knew I liked you!

As we went along, it was my call along with the trainer. I felt great, so I said let's keep going.

I don't know if there's more pressure this time of the season. We put pressure on ourselves to perform.