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That's why I got into Pilates: because I can reduce the stress and impact in my joints while still being able to increase strength and flexibility, and it's going to pay dividends.
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I've made it clear I like Chicago.
Jake Arrieta
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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.
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Guys want to be compensated fairly.
Jake Arrieta -
I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
Jake Arrieta -
I've always been in good shape. I just sucked early in my career from a statistical perspective.
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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.
Jake Arrieta -
There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.
Jake Arrieta
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I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's going to get bigger. He's going to get stronger. He's going to get even better.
Jake Arrieta -
It's just a continuous process, trying to work through it, trying find that comfort zone and go from there. That's kind of where I'm at. I feel pretty good about where I'm at.
Jake Arrieta -
Time flies really quickly. It feels like only a few months ago that I was traded over here and started my career as a Cub in 2013.
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That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.
Jake Arrieta -
I let previous instances creep up in my thought process sometimes. I think that's where things go awry, and that's where the walks come in. I'm not giving up many hits, just putting them on base for free.
Jake Arrieta -
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.
Jake Arrieta
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I've been through a lot in my career, and the failure that I've gone through makes me really appreciate the moments of success much more.
Jake Arrieta -
With a runner at second base with nobody out, you're trying to punch somebody out. You understand when there are guys in scoring position; hitters like to be aggressive early.
Jake Arrieta -
Just having two kids now, regardless of what happens in the field, they're there to receive you with open arms every night after every game.
Jake Arrieta -
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.
Jake Arrieta -
At an early age, if you develop a delivery or a throwing motion that is direct to the plate, then that's fine. If you have one that's slightly open, that's fine, too.
Jake Arrieta -
I'm probably throwing down close to 10,000 calories. And then I don't eat for three or four days.
Jake Arrieta
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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.
Jake Arrieta -
Sometimes, when I break my hands, I kind of go too far behind my body, and what that will do, wherever my right arm's going to go, my left arm's going to go.
Jake Arrieta -
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.
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I don't think I've ever been as humbled as I have been in Pilates. It's incredible how much body control and how much isolated strength you have to have to complete these movements successfully.
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