Before I Pitch Any Game,

My Father Left Me With A Saying That I've Carried My Entire Life And Tried To Pass On To Our Kids: 'tough Times Don't Last, Tough People Do,'

The Things I Was Allowed To Experience, The People I Was Able To Call Friends, Teammates, Mentors, Coaches And Opponents, The Travel, All Of It, Are Far More Than Anything I Ever Thought Possible In My Lifetime.

War Is By No Means Something Glamorous, And I Don't Think That Should Ever Be Forgotten.

One Of The Walls Of My Bedroom Was A Collage Of About 15 Years Of Baseball Photos. I Would Cut Out The Baseball Pictures From Every Issue And I Had This Huge Montage Of Thousands Of Pictures.

I'm A Very Routine-oriented Guy.