I've Got A Different Perception Now And

A Successful Pitcher Keeps The Leadoff Hitter From Reaching First Base And Puts The First Pitch Over For A Strike - The Two Most Important Rules Of Pitching.

I Cant Think Of Anything More Humiliating Than Losing A Ballgame To A Guy Who Steals Home On You. It Happened To Me One Time Against Kansas City. I Had A 2-2 Count On The Hitter - And Amos Otis Broke From Third. The Pitch Was A Ball And Slid In Safe. I Felt Like A Nickel.

And Then When I Went To Stay In '68, I Can Honestly Say That I Was Not Focused On My Career And On What It Took To Be A Major League Pitcher And To Be A Starting Pitcher.

I Never Found A Place Where I Wanted To Live More Than Alvin (texas).

It Took Me A While To Figure That Out And To Realize What A Gift That I Had Been Given. And When I Finally Did, I Dedicated Myself To Be The Best Pitcher I Possibly Could Be, For As Long As I Possibly Could Be.