What I don't like to see is a lot of chirping and guys just talking crap to each other. If you got something wrong with a guy, go see him.

I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.

A lot of guys came together quickly as a group, as more than just teammates, as friends. Your family get to know each other, and you become really close, and that's a big part of the team aspect is caring about your teammates off the field, getting to know their kids, their families, their wives.

You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.

I've made it clear I like Chicago.

I've had some incredible experiences with this organization. I owe a lot to this team and this organization and the ownership. I don't want to see that time come to an end, my time as a Cub.

People had lost faith in me in Baltimore, and rightfully so. I knew that was not the guy I was.

I want to shoot an elk with a bow. Mind you, I've never hunted in my life. But I feel like if I'm ever going to hunt, it's going to be with a bow. I just feel like a bow requires more skill.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

I enjoyed my time in Baltimore. I really did. I learned so much.

There's food and supplements that you can take legally that will better your body and help you stay healthy. Shortcuts are something that's always been around all sports, but as a union, we're trying to do the best we can to weed those guys out of the game.

I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

What I did before in my career you can pretty much throw out the window. Out of sight, out of mind.

It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.

I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.

The contract stuff will work itself out. If we keep winning, those kinds of things all work themselves out in time.

We're tested eight, nine times a year - blood tested, urine tested, so I mean, if people think I'm doing something, tell them to increase the testing.

You rarely see any blowout games.

There were so many things in Baltimore not many people know about. I had struggles with my pitching coach. A lot of guys did.

I try to start every day with some sort of vegetable and fruit juice before I eat any kind of solid food. Because that really jump starts your body and digestive system with the high content of micronutrients that your body needs.

I'm extremely hairy. It pretty much connects from the top of my head to my toes with a nice upper body sweater/track jacket type of thing.