Zitat des Tages von Matt Harvey:
You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write.
There's not one part of me that wants to go crazy and do anything out of the ordinary, but it would be nice to do something and not have it spread all over the place. But that's the world we live in now, and you either have to accept it or figure it out - or become a villain, I guess.
I'm not going to give up enjoying my life and doing the things that I'm interested in doing.
I have a 48-hour rule. No drinking two days before a start. But those other days? Yes, I'm gonna go out. If I was locked up in my house all week, I don't know what I'd be like on the baseball field.
When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal.
Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on.
I'm here to win. I'm here to play, and who I hang out with is my choice.
Nobody knows the hard work that goes in the morning before I do anything.
When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason and able to do that, as a pitcher you have to keep up.
I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down.
It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.
A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me.
As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly.
I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners.
I think there's a lot of learning process in figuring out what things you want to do and shouldn't do. Maturing in that way is something that comes with experience and time.
When you work so much in between starts, you realize how long the season is. It's exciting to look at and be a part of, obviously. It's almost like a challenge, to see how, from start to start, things may feel a little differently.
I did some things, including the Body Issue. I'm not going to say I regret doing that, but I think now if you asked me to do it, I would probably say no.
I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around?
The last thing I ever want to do is not be here with my team.
I will never apologize for having a life.
