Quotes About Dedication

I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea.

I want to show on the training pitch that I am ready whenever the manager needs me.

There's nothing like being a pitcher on the mound. You're by yourself. Ever since I was a little kid watching Pedro Martinez do it, night in and night out. I've always loved it.

I want to be the best pitcher in the world.

Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.

I watched a little bit of Altuve - how he hits, the pitches that he hits.

I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.

I want to throw a faster fastball. I want a sharper curve. I want to improve all my pitches.

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

I never got a chance to participate in one, but I wanted to be in an iron man match. I really just wanted to go in there and I remember pitching a couple of times too, and it wasn't necessarily for an iron man match, but I wanted to just go out there for a full hour and just do a match.

If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and I will show that I should be pitching in the major leagues.

I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.

I'm forever a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Apparently I've picked the worst baseball team in the world.

You can be in this league for 10-15 years and not win a championship. My boy, Nelson Agholor, been in the league for three years and got a ring with Philly. That's what we live for and dream for. That's why I think a lot of guys stay in Pittsburgh: because we always compete for championships.

My dad was the one who took me to concerts and introduced me to new artists. One time, he drove me from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., on a school night to see 'U2' - he was a pretty dedicated Bono fan.

Pittsburgh is a football town.

I love Pittsburgh. I will do what I can to leave my mark here.

I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission.

You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money. And when they disappear, it's a pity.

Anything that has to do with Disney and Pixar, I am on board with. That is where my heart and family are. So when they call, I jump.

At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business.