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The numbers are hard to control.
I've never had anything to hide.
You rarely see any blowout games.
I've made it clear I like Chicago.
Guys want to be compensated fairly.
It's about just staying in the moment.
I watch what I eat, and I train properly.
I eat plants. I eat lean meat. I work out.
I'm not really into the statements kind of thing.
I like my chances toe to toe with just about anybody.
You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.
Being in the same sentence as Bob Gibson, that's incredible.
I wouldn't want to disappoint my family, my friends, my fans.
How many people can do what I do, anyways? A handful of guys?
The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.
If I have to leave, I don't want to leave without another ring.
I enjoyed my time in Baltimore. I really did. I learned so much.
We know St. Louis is a great club. They have been for a long time.
I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
I've got some good movement on my sinking fastball, and I rely on that.
The initial desire to train at an elite level started when I was probably 12.
The timeline is kind of coming to an end as far as leading up to free agency.
I was giving some of my teammates a hard time, saying I've got more pop than they do.
I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.
I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.
There's not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.
I had great teammates. Adam Jones took great care of me. Mike Gonzalez took good care of me.
Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.
People had lost faith in me in Baltimore, and rightfully so. I knew that was not the guy I was.
I've always been in good shape. I just sucked early in my career from a statistical perspective.
I'm probably throwing down close to 10,000 calories. And then I don't eat for three or four days.
As far as my mental approach, I really think it's just knowing that the past is really irrelevant.
What I did before in my career you can pretty much throw out the window. Out of sight, out of mind.
On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.
That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.
Everyone wants to have a career year, but if I stick to what I'm doing, I like my chances. I'll be fine.
If people call into question my work ethic, that's fine, because I know what I'm doing behind the scenes.
You feel everybody has your best interests in mind, but you come to find out that's not necessarily the case.
If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.
The contract stuff will work itself out. If we keep winning, those kinds of things all work themselves out in time.
I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.
Sports psychology or mental training has been viewed as a weakness, and I think that's a pretty silly way to look at it.
A lot of guys are starting to get away from trying to jerk these heavy weights and throw all these heavy weights around.
Early in my career, I wasn't good in the strike zone early. I was good in the strike zone late, which is not a good thing.
There were so many things in Baltimore not many people know about. I had struggles with my pitching coach. A lot of guys did.
You can struggle for a little while. It's going to happen. If a guy hits .200 for a while, it doesn't mean he's a .200 hitter.
Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.
When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.
When I do train heavy, it's typically one to two days a week, but the training I do just about on a daily basis is Pilates-based.
Time flies really quickly. It feels like only a few months ago that I was traded over here and started my career as a Cub in 2013.