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.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going.

I understand and respect his position, and I respectfully disagree,

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

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.

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.