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Everyone wants to have a career year, but if I stick to what I'm doing, I like my chances. I'll be fine.
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I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.
Jake Arrieta
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As far as my mental approach, I really think it's just knowing that the past is really irrelevant.
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I don't like to see any sucker punches. I do think, in the heat of battle, if you're getting hit on the hip with 98, then you should be able to go out and see somebody.
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Building strength is very important, but there are many ways to do that.
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It's one thing to have a scouting report and not be able to execute it, and it's completely different if you're able to kind of work your way through that report, attack guys certain ways, use different sequences, and be effective with them.
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People have confidence in you. It's easy to have confidence in somebody that's going out there every night and giving the team a chance to win.
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You rarely see any blowout games.
Jake Arrieta
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A lot of guys are starting to get away from trying to jerk these heavy weights and throw all these heavy weights around.
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Just so many special moments that make you feel incredibly fortunate and grateful to be able to have healthy, beautiful kids. And I'm sure the emotions will continue to change over time, and as I get older, I'll probably want to yell and scream at them.
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Being in the same sentence as Bob Gibson, that's incredible.
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I'm not really into the statements kind of thing.
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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.
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I care about the integrity of the game.
Jake Arrieta
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You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.
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When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.
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As you get a little older, you understand what you need to do to be good, regardless of who likes it or doesn't like it. It's my career. And at the end of the day, it's going to be how I think I can do it best.
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There's not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.
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The timeline is kind of coming to an end as far as leading up to free agency.
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At this point, I'm just grinding through it, trying to establish strikes in the zone with my pitches, using some information the opposition gives me, and kind of moving forward in that regard.
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That's one the main reasons we live in Austin. The weather is so nice for the majority of the offseason, and it's easy for us to get out and ride bikes and get on some trails, to walk together as a family. Sometimes I'll go out for a trail run. We just like to do things outdoors.
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The numbers are hard to control.
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Sequencing is a really big factor in preparing for a team that you've faced several times. For me, at the end of the day, I feel like if I execute, regardless if I were to use same sequencing as I have in the past against these guys, I still feel confident in my ability to have success.
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Everybody here has the ability to throw a fastball down and away or throw a breaking ball in the dirt for a swing and a miss. But are we able to stay in that moment and understand what we're trying to accomplish and see it in our mind before we execute and then make the pitch?
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