Quotes from Patrick Corbin

I know I'm better than what I've shown out there. I just need to continue to try to get better and go down there and do my job when my name is called.

I never thought I'd get drafted, let alone make the big leagues.

When you're gone from the game so much you miss those things, like just being able to throw a bullpen and work on stuff and having all this time to prepare for the season.

I want to throw my best pitch and I want to throw it a certain way, regardless of where the runners are. But it does take the catcher being able to handle that.

That's a thing you always hear - the hitters make adjustments. I think the pitcher has to make some adjustments, too.

You realize you're up here for a reason, and no matter who's in the batter's box, I feel like if I can execute my pitches, I can get anybody out. That's what I believe.

Sometimes you don't have your best stuff every day. You've just got to go out there and try to make pitches.

You have to have good starting pitching to win.

I listen to Zedd or Tiesto. I like listening to that type of music before I'm pitching.

When I went to my first practice, I really didn't know what to wear. The coach came up and introduced himself and said, 'What position do you want to play?' I said, 'I can pitch. I'll try pitching.' It kind of went from there.

My dad is kind of a quiet guy and he keeps to himself a little bit. But he was a competitor at whatever he did, and it kind of carried on with me.

When you get strike one, strike two, you're putting pressure on them to swing at your pitches.

You want to go out there and compete and go deep in ball games to help the team win.

The biggest thing was just working on fastball location and getting ahead of guys.

The foundation is spotting my fastball, early in counts and especially if I fall behind.

There's glimpses where you feel good out there, and some where you don't.

I've always just tried to have a routine and go out there and compete every fifth day, and that's really what I'm focusing on.

'The Santa Claus' with Tim Allen, I watch it in July. I think he's so funny.

You just learn every year, being around the game long enough, facing hitters more and more.

If there's pressure to prove I am worth the investment, or that I am the real deal, or the pitcher from last season or whatever - I don't know, I just don't feel that.

That's definitely a goal and probably one of the most important ones, just to go out there and be reliable and make every start.

Living up in Syracuse, everybody's a Yankee fan. Not too many Mets fans up there.

I grew up a Yankee fan. My whole family are Yankee fans. My mom, my dad, my grandpa, everybody. Really, every generation of my family has been Yankee fans.

Everyone wants to talk about my slider, and how effective it is, but it really can't be without fastball command. It starts with my fastball, even if the slider is the pitch I want to get to.