Quotes from Drew Pomeranz

I threw a lot of fastballs in college.

I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.

In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated.

You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it.

Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time.

Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.

The cutter has really helped me stay in the game longer and helped me get past the five, six innings a little more consistently.

I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.

If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking.

Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.

There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can't tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don't dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch.

At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day.

You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small.

I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure.

Every outing is a learning experience.