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People make it sound like it was easy, like all I had to do was stare at a hitter or throw inside and they’d wilt. It wasn’t like that. It wasn’t easy. There wasn’t anything easy about it.

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I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude if you're going to go far in this game.

When a hitter like Pete LaCock hits a grand slam off you, it’s time to hang them up.

I’m proud of that fact that whatever I did, I did it my way.

I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win.

The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.

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