The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game.

Announcers don't do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the pitches wrong.

You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no.