When I Was Younger And Inexperienced, I

When You Can Throw 97 Miles An Hour And Put The Ball Over The Plate Anytime You Want, It's Fun.

It's Hard To Mix With A Crowd When You're Walking Down The Hallway And Everybody Else Is A Foot Shorter. I Remember Hanging Out With My Friends, Like At The Mall, And Thinking People Were Staring At Me And Talking About Me. It Made Me Turn Inside Myself. I Became More Shy And Quiet.

I Listened To All Types Of Music, And Obviously When I Got To Seattle I Was Very Much Aware Of The Music Scene There.

When I Was Younger And Inexperienced, I Was A Very Animated Pitcher. I Pitched With A Lot Of Adrenaline. I Was My Own Worst Enemy When Things Weren't Gong Well.

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, A Pitcher Just Before A Game, I Would Imagine They All Have Nervous Energy. But As You Perform, The Nervous Energy Dissipates And You Start To Relax And You Start To Do What You Do Best.