Karl has been away for six months and we've missed him incredibly.

After the last deployment, when the suicide bomber hit his boat, it makes you realize the dangers that are out there. I was a little more nervous when he went back over there. You have to put your faith to the forefront and then I knew he would be okay and get home safe to those who miss him the most.

Every time he comes home off deployment, it is a relief. It is really hard for me and our daughter when he is away. It was a great big weight off my shoulders when he got off the plane.

I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.

I missed 2? months, but my knee is fine. The only bad year I can say is last year because I didn't pitch that much. Bad year, good year, I take it because for me it's baseball.

I'm better than I was two months ago, better than I was six months ago, and certainly better than I was 17 months ago.